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Motif

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

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K401.2

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“Aeneas, son of Anchises, and with him Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor, and Theanus, leaders of ‘the Dardanians; of the Thracians, Acamas, son of Eusorus ; of the Cicones, Euphemus, son of Troezenus ; of the Paeonians, Pyraechmes; of the Paphlagonians, Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates; from Zelia, Pandarus, son of Lycaon ; from Adrastia, Adrastus and Amphius, sons of Merops; from Arisbe, Asius, son of Hyrtacus ; from Larissa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Blame for theft fastened on dupe.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Crow causes serpent to try to swallow a stolen collar and thus be accused of the theftNecklace dropped by crow into snake's hole leads men to kill snake which had eaten the crow's fledglingsSurreptitious transfer of stolen object to innocent person's possession brings condemnation
Filed beside it
Thief accuses his companion of having stolen the gold they have both stolenDupe's food eaten and then blame fastened on him. Trickster eats the common food supply and then by smearing the mouth of the sleeping dupe with the food escapes the blameStolen goods left in suitor's room. Impoverished lover falsely accused so as to be rid of himThief makes believe that he has been robbed of money entrusted to himThief successfully accuses owner of having stolen property he covets
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases windsTransformation: man to swineTransformation: woman to bitchTransformation: man to doveTransformation: man (woman) to almond treeTransformation by drinkingDisenchantment from tree form by embrace of loverMoly: magic plantMagic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.)Magic drinkMagic chairLotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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