μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Playing godfather. By pretending that he has been invited to be godfather, the trickster makes an opportunity to steal the provisions stored by him and the dupe for the winter. When he returns on successive occasions he reports the name of the child as "Just Begun," "Half Done," etc.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Other means of theft. · view the constellation · filed as K372

Filed across the traditions
  • French Sébillot France III 63f.
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Louisiana Creole Fortier MAFLS II 19
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • N. Am. Indian Thompson CColl II 437
  • Africa Frobenius Atlantis III 13, (Fjort): Dennett 90 No. 23
  • American Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 80 No. 17, Jones Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast (Cambridge, Mass., 1888) No. 24, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 253–55, (North Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXX 192f., (South Carolina): Parsons MAFLS XVI 7–12, JAFL XXXII 394, XXXIV 3
  • Bahama Parsons MAFLS XIII 1
  • general *Type 15
  • general BP I 9
  • general Dh IV 241
  • general *Krohn Bar (Wolf) und Fuchs (JSFO VI) 74ff.
  • general *Fb "ræv" III 113b, "bjørn" IV 43b
  • general *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 238. Lappish: Qvigstad Lappiske Eventyr III No. 3
  • general New Mexican Spanish: Rael Hispania XX 231–4
  • general Bermuda: Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 240.
Within the index

Filed under Other means of theft.

1 finer motif beneath it
Trickster eats food left by tiger (his trapping partner) at snare. Tiger accused of the theft
Filed beside it
Theft by disobeying orders: misappropriation Theft by presenting false order to guardian Partner misappropriates common goods Theft by confederate Theft by trickster's trained animal Trickster hides in food and eats it "Owner has refused to accept it." A rascal steals a priest's watch. He tells the priest that he has stolen a watch and offers it to him as a payment for a past favor. The priest refuses to accept stolen goods. Commands the thief to return the watch to the owner. "But the owner has refused to accept it." "Then you may keep it." [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): K374. Grave robbing to secure obols in mouth of death.] Trickster pretends to teach dance: flees with valuables. (Cf. K571.) Thieves steal chickens and have mock funeral to cover theft The thieving kiss. Trickster kisses pile of money, taking some in his mouth with every kiss Fire stolen by swallowing it and then escaping Host robs guest
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