Theft by making owner drunk — Mythoi

Motif

Theft by making owner drunk.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K332

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda
Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 297.
general *Type 1525A
general BP III 379ff.
general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 850

Within the index

Filed under Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner.

1 finer motif beneath it

Theft by giving narcotic to guardian of goods

Filed beside it

Man gulled into giving up his clothes Goods stolen while owner sleeps Theft from blind person Owner gives up goods through flattery Thief frightens owner from goods House filled with smoke so that owner gives trickster lodging Oversalting food of giant so that he must go outside for water. Meantime his goods are stolen Thief ties owner's hair while he escapes with goods Owner's interest distracted while goods are stolen Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl Thief advises owner to go away; meantime steals the goods Owner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.) Sympathetic helper robbed Thief trusted to guard goods Cozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen Trickster causes owner and another to fight over goods. Meantime he steals it

Carried in tale types

Tasks for a Thief (previously Theft of Dog, Horse, Sheet, or Ring) · ATU 1525A 6 recorded variants
Rhampsinitus · ATU 950 1 recorded variant

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