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 invisibilityThief beguiles guardian of goods by assuming equivocal nameTrickster dupes woman into putting him into basket. He thus learns where food is keptCrow makes friends with pigeon so as to be able to steal food in household to which he belongsObjects stolen by means of magic impersonation
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Man gulled into giving up his clothesGoods stolen while owner sleepsTheft by making owner drunkTheft from blind personOwner gives up goods through flatteryThief frightens owner from goodsHouse filled with smoke so that owner gives trickster lodgingOversalting food of giant so that he must go outside for water. Meantime his goods are stolenThief ties owner's hair while he escapes with goodsOwner's interest distracted while goods are stolenThief 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 girlThief advises owner to go away; meantime steals the goodsOwner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.)Sympathetic helper robbedThief trusted to guard goodsCozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen