μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 144, 147 No. 64.
Within the index

Filed under Robbers frightened from goods. Trickster steals the goods.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Door falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave moneyCow-hide falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave moneyPerson falls from tree on robbers. They flee and leave money
Filed beside it
Frightened robber leaves his coat behindRobbers frightened from goods by the dead. (Cf. K335.0.5.)Robbers frightened from goods by man's outcry. Trickster hits a slain ox and cries out, "Those others did it!" The thieves flee and leave their treasureAnimals climb on one another's backs and cry out; frighten robbersRobber frightened from his goods by playing of bagpipeRobbers frightened from goods by hidden manGuardian beast overcome by hero's mirrorsRobbers frightened from goods by man in tar and feathersRobbers coming to steal from stable frightened away by bear staying the night there with his keeperRobbers frightened by pretended cannibalism. Tricksters threaten to cook a robber. All the robbers flee in terror, leaving them their bootySons of thief frightened by threatening to bring the three strongest men to punish themThieves frightened by ghosts who tie fruits to their hair, which they think are missiles thrown at them
Carried in tale types

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