Crow causes serpent to try to swallow a stolen collar and thus be accused of the theft — Mythoi

Motif

Crow causes serpent to try to swallow a stolen collar and thus be accused of the theft.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K401.2.1

Cited in the index

general Chauvin II 87 No. 23
general Penzer V 47 n. 3, 214, 226f.

Within the index

Filed under Stolen goods taken to dupe's house so that he is accused.

Filed beside it

Necklace dropped by crow into snake's hole leads men to kill snake which had eaten the crow's fledglings Surreptitious transfer of stolen object to innocent person's possession brings condemnation

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