87 motifs match “stealing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Man in moon banished there for stealing bundle of thorns. A751.1.4
• Tribal characteristics – stealing. A1674
• Animal's occupation: stealing. A2455
• Tabu: stealing from altar. (Cf. C51.2.) C51.1.2
• Tabu: stealing from sacred booty. C51.1.2.1
• Tabu: stealing from god or saint. (Cf. C51.1.2.) C51.2
• Tabu: stealing wife of god. C51.2.3
• Tabu: stealing from holy statue. C51.2.4
• Tabu: stealing from spirits. (Cf. C51.2.) C91
• Tabu: stealing garment from a rock. The rock pursues. (The offended rolling stone.) C91.1
• Tabu: stealing fruits from sacred tree. (Cf. C262.3.) C91.2
• Magic object acquired by stealing. D838
• Return from dead as punishment for trying to raise ghost. (Cf. E384ff., F491.7.) Ghost accuses man of stealing a trifle and thus has revenge. E235.3
• Dwarfs emigrate because mortals object to their stealing. F451.9.1.8
• Strong man serves ogre as punishment for stealing food. F613.4
• Earl king. Child-stealing ogre. (Cf. F321.5.) G305
• Child-stealing demon. G442
• Child watched throughout night as protection against child-stealing demon. G442.2
• Stealing from ogre for revenge. G610.1
• Stealing from ogre to help a friendly king. G610.2
• Stealing from ogre as task. G610.3
• What is the greatest villainy? Stealing. H659.7.4
• Tasks: stealing, capturing, or slaying. H1150
• Task: stealing golden apples. H1151.1
• Task: stealing a golden lotus. H1151.1.1
• Task: stealing twelve horses out of stall. (Cf. H1151.13.3.) H1151.2
• Task: stealing horse when owner has been forewarned. H1151.2.1
• Task: stealing king's horse as he rides on it. H1151.2.2
• Task: stealing sheet from bed on which person is sleeping. H1151.3
• Task: stealing tray from king's bedside. H1151.3.1
• Task: stealing ring from finger. H1151.4
• Task: stealing belt from queen. H1151.5
• Task: stealing girdle of goddess. H1151.5.1
• Task: stealing elephant's tail (tusks). H1151.6
• Task: stealing enormous diamond from elephant's forehead. H1151.6.1
• Task: stealing the two horns of a savage bull. H1151.7
• Task: stealing gold-filled horn of wild three-horned ox. (Cf. H933.2.) H1151.7.1
• Task: stealing cattle which are guarded by a marvelous dog. H1151.8
• Task: stealing troll's golden horse. H1151.9
• Task: stealing pears from ingeniously guarded garden. H1151.10.1
• Task: stealing eggs from under bird. H1151.12
• Task: stealing from a king. H1151.13
• Task: stealing pigskin from a king. H1151.13.1
• Task: stealing spear from a king. H1151.13.2
• Task: stealing horses (and chariot) from a king. (Cf. H1151.2.) H1151.13.3
• Task: stealing hound from a king. H1151.13.4
• Task: stealing three pearls from king's heavily guarded treasury. H1151.13.5
• Task: stealing sword from giant. H1151.14
• Task: stealing goddess Freya's necklace. H1151.15
• Task: stealing the mead of poetry. H1151.16
• Task: stealing the bait of the demon Añan. H1151.17
• Task: stealing magic healing apples. (Cf. H1323.) H1151.20
• Task: stealing magic healing water. (Cf. D1500.1.18.) H1151.21
• Task: stealing laborer's pajamas. H1151.22
• Task: stealing beautiful clothing of a witch. H1151.23
• Task: stealing ogress's drum. H1151.24
• Task: stealing ogre's grain. H1151.25
• Fear test: stealing clothes from ghosts. H1431
• "Rise earlier": counsel proved wise by experience. Man seeking explanation for being in debt arises earlier and catches his servants stealing. (Cf. H588.1.) J21.23
• Crow thinks harvesters are stealing his grain. J953.7
• When the sweet fails try the bitter. Man pleads with thief who is stealing his figs. When pleading fails he brings him down from tree with stones. (Cf. J1581.2, T251.5.) J1088
• Pouring water into the inkwell. Soldier accused of stealing slavegirl from author. Girl told to pour water into an inkwell. She does it so skillfully that she must have learned it from the author. J1176.1
• Robber's defense for stealing from rich. God will not permit them to enter heaven unless we take their ill-gotten goods from them. J1269.8
• He has a family to support. Ruler to servant stealing his game: "If you wish any I'll send you some." J1636
• Woman thinks calf's bleating has accused her of stealing from harvest. Begs that people not believe what calf said. (Cf. N611.) J1895
• Thief stops to admire beautiful things before stealing them. Caught. J2136.5.1
• God's wastefulness. A man is robbed and later the same day is given much money. He complains to God, "What was the use of taking from me what you were going to give back to me after stealing from another?" J2215.1
• Stealing only a small amount. A man promises in confession to steal only a small amount. He steals a rope with a mare on the end of it. K188
• Contest in stealing. K305
• Friends enter into stealing contest. Steal from each other. (Cf. K306.) K305.2
• King loses signet ring while endeavoring to learn from a thief the art of stealing. K341.8.4
• Stealing the platter for the intended gift. Thief asks for silver platter saying that it is needed for an intended gift of confections. Servant carrying platter is told to wait until it is filled. Thief disappears with it. K362.3.1
• Elephant cuts piece from own leg and puts it on shelf, lest he be accused of stealing meat. K407.3
• The stolen cow successively pawned. In one night a thief pawns a cow four times, always stealing it immediately and finally delivering it back to its owner. K408
• A handy name. Thief is jailed for stealing a quarter of veal. Sends man named "Calf" to captor. "I took only one quarter of veal, but I am sending you a whole calf." Is set free. K579.7
• Seduction (or wooing) by stealing clothes of bathing girl (swan maiden). K1335
• Bride-stealing. K1371
• Jealous courtiers shake king lion's confidence in his councillor, the virtuous jackal, by accusing the jackal of stealing the lion's food. K2141
• Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing. L142.1
• Pigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorse. N346
• Wife stealing punished with death. (Cf. K1371.) Q252.1
• Hanging as punishment for stealing from a church. Q411.11.2
• Curse for stealing. (Cf. Q212.) Q556.12
• Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers. R32
• Father kills son (for stealing). S11.3.3.1
• Ass punished for stealing mouthful of grass; lion and wolf forgiven for eating sheep. U11.1
• Wolf objects to lion stealing sheep from him although he has himself stolen it. U21.4