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
  • Africa (Fang)Tessman 41.
Within the index

Filed under Thief shams death and steals.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man feigns sickness in order to go back to steal hidden gold. (Cf. K325.)
Filed beside it
Animal feigns death repeatedly and then entices owner from goods

wander