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Filed under Means of entering house or treasury.

1 finer motif beneath it
Theft from giant by fishing through chimney
Filed beside it
Thief in disguiseThieves hidden in oil casks. In one cask is oil; in the others the robbers are hidden. The girl kills themTrickster feigns being pursued by drunken husband to obtain entranceThief enters treasury through secret passageThief copies key by making wax impressionWatchdog enticed away. Trickster brings rabbit under his coat. When the king's watchdog gives chase the trickster enters and robsThief learns location of dupe's food supply by strewing ashes. Fills the dupe's bag with ashes and cuts a hole in the bagTheft of gold hoard by spying on secret hiding placeThief pretends to return grass that has stuck to his clothes to ground where it belongsTheft 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."
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