Thief loses his goods or is detected – miscellaneous.
Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief loses his goods or is detected. · view the constellation · filed as K439
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Betrayal through exchange of stolen goodsThief claims that stolen goods are his own: detected by masterThief tricked into robbing himself. He has placed a coat on the goods to be stolen. His associate changes the place of the coatThief leaves food untouched when owner pretends to be poisoned by it. (Playing poison.)Sheep thief pretends to buy wethers from the ram, names the price himself. Owner overhears, takes the ram to the thief to collectRobbers fed poisoned foodRobber induced to give respite and come to man's office to get promised larger sum. CheatedOwner pretends to think thief is family god and binds himOwner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves capturedHidden person sees robbers concealing treasure and takes itThief hides in large bottle to get into room: bottle put into water to boil
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Robber mistakenly carries off worthless goods and leaves valuableThief rendered helpless by magicStolen object magically returns to ownerThief condemned when witnesses of theft are able to find the stolen goodsKing's daughter put into brothel to catch thiefApparently dead woman revives when thief tries to steal from her graveClever animal betrays thiefMagic statue betrays a thief by indirection. He has threatened to smash the head of the magic statue if it betrays him. The statue says, "Whoever would tell the truth now is likely to have his head smashed."Mouse's tail in mouth of sleeping thief causes him to cough up swallowed magic ringPerson being robbed deceives robbers and calls help. (Cf. K551.5.)Child's curiosity exposes thief. Thief steals pig. Slaughters it together with one of his own and takes both to market. Puts little pig inside large one to avoid paying tax on two. Boy notices three hind legs. Thief is caughtClever girl discovers robber and cheats himChild's song incriminates thiefBlind thief trying to steal dates from withered tree killed by slipping of ropeRobber overcome