ATU 968 Miscellaneous Robber and Murder Stories

ATU 968

Miscellaneous Robber and Murder Stories

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Innkeeper deceived into going under the floor of the granary; meantime robbed. 2 variants
The girl seizes the robber concealed under the bed by the beard and says: "What a coarse bundle of flax. I need a finer one." 2 variants
Girl tells the thief money is in chest. When he looks in chest, girl drops lid on him. 1 variant
Murder by slamming down chest-lid. Done while victim is looking into the chest. 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.