μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Theft by posing as master of the house and learning where goods are hidden. Wife deceived in the dark.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Other means of theft. · view the constellation · filed as K362.4

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Gering Islenzk Æventyri (Halle, 1883) II 210ff.
Within the index

Filed under Theft by presenting false order to guardian.

Filed beside it
Unique weapon got by misrepresenting to guardian use to which it is to be put For the long winter. The numskull has been told to keep the sausage "for the long winter". When the trickster hears this, he claims to be Long Winter and receives the sausage Ring to put on corpse's finger. A thief holds a corpse up to a lord's window. The lord shoots the corpse and leaves to bury it. The thief goes to the lady and gets a sheet to bury the corpse in and a ring to put on his finger The cup to be repaired. A thief poses as a messenger from a husband to his wife asking that a certain silver cup be sent for repairs Hare in lion's skin gets meat from lioness Deposit money secured by false order to banker's wife. When banker refuses to redeliver deposit the owner presents false tokens to wife Theft by forgery: signature forged to obtain money Clerk mistranslates order given by master to maid, so that pie goes to clerks The hood for the robe. Thief steals lawyer's scarlet robe. Later he returns and tells lawyer's wife that her husband had sent him for the hood for the robe. He obtains the hood and escapes Give him what he wants. (Cf. K437.5, K1354.1.) Thief sent to man's house for water, demands money. Man's wife refuses and thief shouts to the husband who replies, "Give him what he wants." Hero reports to king that his ancestors (in heaven) want him rewarded with gold
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
The stolen and restolen ham. Two thieves steal a ham from a former companion who has married, have it stolen back, and resteal it. (Cf. K341.7.1, K362.4.)

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