Thief's confederate cuts off own arm to furnish alibi for family's grief. (Previously he had severed father's or brother's head to escape detection.) — Mythoi

Motif

Thief's confederate cuts off own arm to furnish alibi for family's grief. (Previously he had severed father's or brother's head to escape detection.)

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief escapes detection. · view the constellation · filed as K407.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella *Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Companion's arm allowed to be cut off so as to prevent detection. Thief has had his arm cut off as he enters a hole in a wall. He lets his companion also enter and have his severed.

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