Owner sent on errand and goods stolen

Motif

Owner sent on errand and goods stolen.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K343.1

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

Louisiana CreoleFortier MAFLS II 110
India*Thompson-Balys
Africa (Fjort)Dennett 77 No. 17
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Friends 77 No. 1, Nights 241 No. 41
JamaicaBeckwith MAFLS XVII 251 No. 29, 255 No. 36
Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 97
West IndiesFlowers 505.

Within the index

Filed under Thief advises owner to go away; meantime steals the goods.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Bread dropped in mud; messenger returns for more. A youth poses as a rich man's servant and gets a sack of bread from a baker. The baker boy is to go along and collect. The rascal drops two loaves in the mud and sends the boy back for fresh ones. Meantime he runs off with the rest of the bread Theft by reporting relative's sickness. Woman falsely told that her father is wounded leaves her water pot with jackal

Filed beside it

Innkeeper deceived into going under the floor of the granary; meantime robbed Thief advises that slaughtered meat be hung up over night. Meantime he steals it Companion sent away so that rascal may steal common food supply Monkeys lure tortoise into a tree and carry away his load of salt Cheat induces dupe to go get food reported found and steals clothes as soon as they are left behind

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