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Motif

Grain-thief's wagon falls into ditch: duped owner helps him. The thief makes the owner believe that the grain belongs to the thief.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K405.1

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  • general Type 1564*.
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Filed under Thief successfully claims that stolen goods are his own.

Filed beside it
The stolen pot pawned with the real owner. The thief gets a receipt from the owner and thus defends himself when accused of theft Thief successfully claims that stolen image has been given him by the saint himself
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