ATU 177 The Thief and the Tiger

ATU 177

The Thief and the Tiger

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Robber attempting to steal cow at night seizes thieving tiger. Great fight in stable. 2 variants
Numskull rides on tiger's back. (Cf. J1758.1.1.) Dragged to his death (or injured). 1 variant
Stupid man grabs tiger in the dark, ties it up, and saddles it, believing it to be a horse. It happens to be the tiger for whose capture a reward has been offered. 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.