Numskull talks to himself and frightens robbers away — Mythoi

Motif

Numskull talks to himself and frightens robbers away.

Chance and fate. · Lucky accidents. · Other lucky accidents. · Accidental discovery of crime. · view the constellation · filed as N612

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 211 No. 428, *215 No. 446

Within the index

Filed under Accidental discovery of crime.

1 finer motif beneath it

Man scolds his ass and frightens robber away. While the man is absent from his ass the robber steals the man's coat. The ass brays and the man scolds him. The robber thinking he is discovered flees and leaves the coat

Filed beside it

Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first." Numskull bribed to keep silent in elephant sale when he manifests interest, though utterly ignorant Cane as evidence of robbery. A man believing that he has killed a robber forgets his cane. Later finds it in robber's house Murder revealed to thieves climbing into bank Impostor accidentally gives king talking bed which reveals his identity Officer comes accidentally to the same building where the fugitive sleeps

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Criminal accidentally detected: "That is the first" – sleepy woman counting her yawns. Robber hearing her flees. (Cf. N612.)

Carried in tale types

The Robbers under the Tree · ATU 1653 2 recorded variants

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