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Means of hoodwinking guardian or owner – miscellaneous.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K359

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Filed under Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Theft by means of magic invisibility Thief beguiles guardian of goods by assuming equivocal name Trickster dupes woman into putting him into basket. He thus learns where food is kept Crow makes friends with pigeon so as to be able to steal food in household to which he belongs Objects stolen by means of magic impersonation
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Man gulled into giving up his clothes Goods stolen while owner sleeps Theft by making owner drunk Theft from blind person Owner gives up goods through flattery Thief frightens owner from goods House filled with smoke so that owner gives trickster lodging Oversalting food of giant so that he must go outside for water. Meantime his goods are stolen Thief ties owner's hair while he escapes with goods Owner's interest distracted while goods are stolen Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl Thief advises owner to go away; meantime steals the goods Owner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.) Sympathetic helper robbed Thief trusted to guard goods Cozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen

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