Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
1525D: Theft by Distracting Attention
Description
The ram is stolen when the thief distracts attention from himself (a) by laying out shoes separately (saber and sheath, knife and fork); the owner finds one and then searches for the other [K341.6], or (b) by apparently hanging himself in the woods… Examples
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| Text title | ATU | Language | Author | Origin | Publication Date |
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| The Shifty Lad | 1525D | English | Andrew Lang | Scotland | 1910 |
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