Where treasure is found

Motif

Where treasure is found.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Treasure trove. · Where treasure is found. · view the constellation · filed as N510

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 10
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 18
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 2929.— THE DEYIL WITH THE THREE GOLDEN
BuddhistThe Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Book III
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section CLXXXI

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

ChineseGraham.

Within the index

16 finer motifs beneath it

Treasure in ground Treasure in underground chamber (cavern)Treasure hidden under the water Treasure hidden in religious shrine Treasure at end of rainbow Treasure hidden in building Gold found, concealed in bricks and successfully secured Treasure left in stick. It accidentally falls apart Treasure hidden in pillow under dead man's head Treasure hidden in a stone Treasure found in beggar's hat Treasure found in chest (kettle, cask). (Cf. N511.1.8.)Treasure found in bundle of rags Treasure (money) carried by bird to nest Treasure found in hollow of tree Where treasure is found – miscellaneous

Travels with

Fairy fetches mortals to remove treasure hidden by ghosts in their lifetimes. (Cf. N510.)

Carried in tale types

Money inside the Statue (previously The Broken Image) · ATU 16431 recorded variant

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