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Motif

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 treasure.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K335.1.3

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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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Type 1525D
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Filed under Robbers frightened from goods. Trickster steals the goods.

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Frightened robber leaves his coat behindObject falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave moneyRobbers frightened from goods by the dead. (Cf. K335.0.5.)Animals 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
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