Stolen sheep dressed as person sitting at helm of boat.
Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K406.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Russian Andrejev No. 1525H*.
- general Type 1525H*
Within the index
Filed under Stolen animal disguised as person so that thief may escape detection.
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- The Sheep in the Cradle (previously Mak and the Sheep) · ATU 1525M 1 recorded variant
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