Stolen sheep's tails severed and put in tree. Owner made to believe that they have escaped through the air — Mythoi

Motif

Stolen sheep's tails severed and put in tree. Owner made to believe that they have escaped through the air.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K404.3

Cited in the index

general *Type 1004.

Within the index

Filed under Thief escapes by leaving animal's severed tail and claiming that the animal has escaped and left his tail.

Filed beside it

Tails in ground. Thief steals animals and sticks severed tails into the ground, claiming that animals have escaped underground Ox's tail in another's mouth. The thief kills one ox and puts the tail in another ox's mouth: the owner thinks one ox has eaten the other

Carried in tale types

Hogs in the Mud; Sheep in the Air · ATU 1004 1 recorded variant

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