Girl tells the thief money is in chest. When he looks in chest, girl drops lid on him — Mythoi

Motif

Girl tells the thief money is in chest. When he looks in chest, girl drops lid on him.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief loses his goods or is detected. · view the constellation · filed as K434.3

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 959C*.

Within the index

Filed under Clever girl discovers robber and cheats him.

Filed beside it

The girl seizes the robber concealed under the bed by the beard and says: "What a coarse bundle of flax. I need a finer one." Disguised robber in night-lodging tries to pull up confederate on rope: princess discovers him and catches him

Carried in tale types

Miscellaneous Robber and Murder Stories · ATU 968 1 recorded variant

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