ATU 1590 The Tresspasser's Defense

ATU 1590

The Tresspasser's Defense

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

Trespasser's defense: standing on his own land. Man has earth from his own land in his shoes. 4 variants
Cheating through equivocation. 4 variants
Deception by equivocation. 2 variants
Equivocal oaths. 2 variants
Misdeeds concerning property punished. 2 variants
Avarice punished. (Cf. Q552.3.5, Q589.1.0.1, W151.) 2 variants

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.