μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Thieves hidden in oil casks. In one cask is oil; in the others the robbers are hidden. The girl kills them.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of entering house or treasury. · view the constellation · filed as K312

Filed across the traditions
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 391.
  • general *Type 954
  • general *Penzer I 133 n. 1
  • general *Fb "kiste" II 134
  • general Chauvin V 83 n. 3
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes II 302
  • general *Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 432
Within the index

Filed under Means of entering house or treasury.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Thief hidden in cage that is carried into house Entry by master thief into closely guarded city in wood-gatherer's basket
Filed beside it
Thief in disguise Trickster feigns being pursued by drunken husband to obtain entrance Thief enters treasury through secret passage Theft through chimney Thief copies key by making wax impression Watchdog enticed away. Trickster brings rabbit under his coat. When the king's watchdog gives chase the trickster enters and robs Thief learns location of dupe's food supply by strewing ashes. Fills the dupe's bag with ashes and cuts a hole in the bag Theft of gold hoard by spying on secret hiding place Thief pretends to return grass that has stuck to his clothes to ground where it belongs Theft by use of coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.) Thief feigns illness to be taken in victim's house. (Cf. K341.2.2.1.) Ransacks it while "recovering."
Carried in tale types

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