165 motifs match “theft” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Theft of ambrosia. Food of the gods stolen. A153.1
• Theft of magic mead by Odin. A154.2
• Theft of sun. The sun, which is kept by a monster, is stolen and brought to earth. A721.1
• Sun swallowed and spit out. In theft of sun, the raven (or devil) thus succeeds. A721.2
• Theft of moon. Moon is kept by a monster. It is stolen and brought to earth. A758
• World-fire after theft of fire. A1031.2
• Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people. A1151
• Origin of thefts and quarrels. A1341.3
• Man must work as punishment for theft of fire. A1346.1
• Theft of light. Light originally absent is stolen by culture hero. A1411
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Theft of fire. Mankind is without fire. A culture hero steals it from the owner. A1415
• Theft of fire by animals. A1415.2
• Theft of fire by bird. A1415.2.1
• Theft of fire – trick exchange. Child of fire-owner is stolen and then given back in exchange for fire. A1415.3
• Vain attempts to circumvent theft of fire. A1415.4
• Theft of tablets of fate. From heaven by bird Zu. A1417
• Origin of penalty for theft. A1581.2
• Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
• Why Russians like thefts and robberies. A1674.2
• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Fox executed for thefts. B275.1.2
• Wolf executed for thefts. B275.1.3
• Tabu: offending devil. A smith or priest continually insults the devil's statue or picture (cf. C13). The devil brings the offender into dangerous situation (suspicion of theft or murder), and saves him miraculously when he promises never again to abuse the devil's likeness. C45
• Charms against theft. (Cf. D1273.) D1389.2
• Theft from church prevented by apparent heat. D1389.2.1
• Magic detection of theft. D1817.0.1
• Theft by magic. D2087
• Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.) E235.4
• Return from dead to punish theft of golden arm from grave. E235.4.1
• Return from dead to punish theft of leg from grave. E235.4.2
• Return from dead to punish theft of bone from grave. E235.4.3
• Return from dead to punish theft of liver from man on gallows. E235.4.4
• Return from dead to punish theft of skull. E235.4.5
• Return from dead to punish theft of teeth. E235.4.6
• Ghost scares thief, prevents theft. E293.1
• Prince regains his eyesight after theft of eyes from water maidens. E781.1.1
• Charms against theft of children by fairies. F321.2
• Theft from fairies. F350
• Theft of money from fairies. F351
• Theft of money from fairies by joining unperceived in their game of money-throwing. F351.1
• Theft of money from fairies by frightening them away from it. F351.2
• Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies. F352
• Theft of cup (drinking horn) from fairies when they offer mortal drink. F352.1
• Theft of vessel from water-deity. F352.2
• Theft from fairies – miscellaneous. F359
• Theft of golden bird from fairies. F359.2
• Fairy takes revenge for theft. F361.2
• Theft from troll. F455.6.4
• Theft from witch. G279.2
• Theft from ogre. G610
• Stolen ring as proof of daring theft. H84.4
• Attention drawn by helpful animal's theft of food from wedding table; recognition follows. H151.2
• Recognition by cup in sack: alleged stolen goods. Cup is placed in the sack of Joseph's brethren, they are accused of theft; this gives occasion for recognition. H151.4
• Riddling answers betray theft or adultery H582
• Riddling answer betrays theft. H582.1
• Theft as a task. H1151
• Three sins of the hermit. Choice of three sins given him: adultery, murder (theft), drunkenness. He chooses drunkenness; the others follow. (Cf. J21.25.) J485
• Truth the best policy. Servant about to be caught for theft rehearses the lie he is to tell his master. He finds lies so transparent that he decides to tell the truth. J751.1
• Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
• The woman with bad eyes. Physician called to doctor woman's eyes bandages them and then steals things each day. She refuses to pay fee and is haled to court. She says that her sight is worse than ever for whereas she used to see many things in her house she now sees very little. Theft is thus revealed. J1169.1
• Receiver of stolen goods. A tailor makes a Jew a coat of stolen goods. Accused of theft, he says that the Jew has the cloth. J1169.6
• Measuring the dregs. Some full and some half-full wine casks left with man by neighbor, who accuses him of theft. Fraud of accusation detected by measuring the dregs. J1176.2
• Gold pieces in the honey-pot. Woman leaves honey-pot with neighbor to guard. It has gold below the honey. Neighbor steals the gold and substitutes honey. Theft proved by gold pieces sticking to sides of pot. (Cf. J1192.2.) J1176.3
• Claim that dog-head captured game. Two hunters, one with dog and other with dog-head, dispute. The claim that the dog-head captured the game is allowed and then the alarm is raised that the owner of the, game is coming to punish the theft. J1214.1
• Retorts concerning thefts. J1390
• Retorts concerning thefts – miscellaneous. J1399
• Clever deduction of wise man: the theft of a cauldron detected. Cauldron has been buried in river. Thief has no taste of salt on his body: he must have been immersed in fresh water recently. J1661.1.10
• Numskull as thief's assistant wakens owner. Pleads successfully that he was trying to awaken the household and prevent theft. J2136.5.4
• Master asked to help in the theft. The fool sent in by thieves is told to bring out the heaviest thing. As this is a grain-grinder and he cannot carry it, he wakes the master of the house to help him. J2136.5.6.1
• Robbed man blames thief for not warning him so that he could have witnesses to the theft. J2223.1
• Numskull convinced that he is a thief. An article is stolen. Declared that whoever does not eat all his cheese is the thief. A stone is put in the numskull's cheese so that he cannot eat it all. He admits the theft. J2318
• Boy talks about his secret instructions and brings his father's theft to light. He is to avoid his companions lest they smell what he has been eating. J2355.2
• The judge wants to know how the theft was committed. The witness tells. The judge: "You are wonderful; I have tried it thirty times and succeeded only once." J2372
• Thefts and cheats – general. K300
• Youths execute a series of clever thefts. K305.3
• Theft by disguise as son of owner. K311.8
• Theft by disguise as owner's grandmother. K311.8.5
• Theft by disguising as palace official. K311.10
• Theft by disguise as woman servant. K311.12.2
• Theft by disguise as barber. K311.13
• Theft by disguise as merchant (or peddler). K311.14
• Theft through chimney. K316
• Theft from giant by fishing through chimney. K316.1
• Theft of gold hoard by spying on secret hiding place. K322
• Theft by use of coat of invisibility. (Cf. D1361.12.) K324
• Theft after putting owner to sleep by lousing her. K331.2.1.1
• Theft by making owner drunk. K332
• Theft by giving narcotic to guardian of goods. K332.1
• Theft from blind person. K333
• Theft from three old women who have but a single eye among them. The hero seizes their eye. K333.2
• Theft by blinding with pepper. K333.5
• Theft of horses (cattle) by letting loose a rabbit so that drivers join in the chase. K341.5.1
• The story about theft. One thief steals, the other relates the situation, in the form of a tale, to the gentleman who is being robbed. K341.20
• Theft by reporting relative's sickness. Woman falsely told that her father is wounded leaves her water pot with jackal. K343.1.2
• Theft by posing as doctor. Trickster advises wife to slaughter pig and have the trickster eat it all. K352
• Theft by posing as magician. Trickster claims to be working magic spell over food and eats it. K353
• Signal for theft given in foreign language. K358
• Theft by means of magic invisibility. K359.1
• Other means of theft. K360