ATU 1525E Thieves Steal from One Another (previously The Thieves and their Pupil)

ATU 1525E

Thieves Steal from One Another (previously The Thieves and their Pupil)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Anecdotes And Jokes · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Rogues exchange objects and cheat each other. 2 variants
Thieves steal from each other. (Cf. K305.2.) 2 variants
The stolen and restolen ham. Two thieves steal a ham from a former companion who has married, have it stolen back, and resteal it. (Cf. K341.7.1, K362.4.) 2 variants
One thief hides in money bag; other carries it off. 2 variants
Pupil surpasses thieves in stealing. 2 variants
Men exchange duties: each wants to get better of the other, but is cheated, finding the other's work more difficult. 1 variant
The easier job. Men exchange jobs because each is made to believe that the other's is easier. It is not. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.