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- Moon steals food from banquet of the gods. (Cf. A153.1.) A153.3.1
- Devil (ogre) steals thunder's instruments. A162.3.1
- Moon steals from a garden. A753.3.2
- Theft of the seasons. Certain seasons are lacking. A culture hero steals the season from a monster and brings it to his people. A1151
- Man originally without hands and feet. Boy steals them from Python, and afterward men have them. A1225.2
- 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
- Culture hero steals tools for men. A1446.0.1
- Animal who steals fire scorched: cause of his color. (Cf. A1415.) A2218.3
- Robin steals fire, has breast scorched. A2218.5
- Rabbit burns self under chin when he steals an ember. A2218.7
- Fly steals fire from spider: may eat everywhere. Spider brings fire from hell. Fly steals it from him on the way. (Cf. A2545.1.) A2229.4
- Spider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.) A2231.6
- Thrush steals woodcock's song. (Cf. A2423.1.1, A2423.2.1.) A2245.1
- Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.) A2262.3
- Squirrel steals dog's needle: enmity between them. (Cf. A2494.4.1.) A2281.2
- Bird steals island. B172.11
- Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
- Bear steals woman and makes her his wife. B601.1.1
- Prince procures magic object from bathing fairy when he steals her clothes. D838.10
Tale types
- ATU 1148B Thunder's Instruments (previously The Ogre Steals the Thunder's Instruments [Pipe, Sack, etc
- ATU 1477 The Wolf Husband (previously The Wolf Steals the Old Maid)
- ATU 1589 The Lawyer's Dog Steals Meat
- ATU 162A* The Wolf Steals and Eats One Sheep, then two, and finally the whole herd and the shepherd
- ATU 1785A The Sausage in the Pocket (previously The Sexton's Dog Steals the Sausage from the Parson's Pocket)
- ATU 1833J 'Abraham, What Do You Have on Your Breast' A man named Abraham (Joseph), on his way to church, steals a ham (pair of ducks) and hides it under his jacket
- ATU 328 The Boy Steals the Ogre's Treasure
- ATU 56 The Fox through Sleight Steals the Young Magpies