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  • general Type 957.
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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.)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 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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