Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing

Motif

Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L142.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general *Type 1525E
general *BP III 393 n. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Pupil surpasses master.

Filed beside it

Pupil surpasses magician Son surpasses father in skill

Travels with

The liar outdoes the tricksters who try to catch him in a lie. He continues the lie the tricksters have made up to catch him. (Cf. K306, L142.1.)

Carried in tale types

Thieves Steal from One Another (previously The Thieves and their Pupil) · ATU 1525E2 recorded variants

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