μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Robbers frightened from goods by hidden man.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K335.1.6

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general Type 1875
Within the index

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

3 finer motifs beneath it
Thieves steal chest containing hidden paramour. Are frightened away by his outcry Robbers frightened from goods by Thumbling. They can hear him but cannot see him The thief in the beehive. Other thieves come to steal the bees, take the heaviest hive to the forest and make a fire under it. They flee when they hear a man screaming in the beehive
Filed beside it
Frightened robber leaves his coat behind Object falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money Robbers 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 treasure Animals climb on one another's backs and cry out; frighten robbers Robber frightened from his goods by playing of bagpipe Guardian beast overcome by hero's mirrors Robbers frightened from goods by man in tar and feathers Robbers coming to steal from stable frightened away by bear staying the night there with his keeper Robbers frightened by pretended cannibalism. Tricksters threaten to cook a robber. All the robbers flee in terror, leaving them their booty Sons of thief frightened by threatening to bring the three strongest men to punish them Thieves frightened by ghosts who tie fruits to their hair, which they think are missiles thrown at them

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