Thief sent into well by trickster. A weeping boy tells a passing thief that he has lost a silver cup in a well. The thief takes off his clothes and goes after the cup, intending to keep it. He finds nothing. When he comes up, his clothes have been stolen

Motif

Thief sent into well by trickster. A weeping boy tells a passing thief that he has lost a silver cup in a well. The thief takes off his clothes and goes after the cup, intending to keep it. He finds nothing. When he comes up, his clothes have been stolen.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K345.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.
general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 346a n. 126
general BP III 392f.
general Wienert FFC LVI 84 (ET 502), 106 (ST 183)

Within the index

Filed under Sympathetic helper robbed.

Filed beside it

Sympathetic helper sent for remedy and robbed Dupe left to care for child while his goods are stolen Antelope sends leopard for fire, eats game while leopard is gone

Carried in tale types

Thieves Cheated of their Booty · ATU 1525J1 recorded variant

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