ATU 1653 The Robbers under the Tree

ATU 1653

The Robbers under the Tree

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

Object falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money. 8 variants
Door falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money. 8 variants
Cow-hide falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money. 8 variants
Guarding the door. It is lifted off and carried away. 8 variants
Corpse thrown among robbers frightens them from treasure. 4 variants
Robbers frightened from goods. Trickster steals the goods. 2 variants
Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first." 2 variants
Criminal accidentally detected: "That is the first" – sleepy woman counting her yawns. Robber hearing her flees. (Cf. N612.) 2 variants
Numskull talks to himself and frightens robbers away. 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.