Motif
Theft concealed by substitution of similar contents
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Theft, Stolen Goods, and Pursuit. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9249-9360 confidence: high
The merchant thinks all night about keeping the gold, buys fresh olives, throws away the old ones, removes and hides the gold, fills the vase with new olives, recorks it, and restores it to the same place.
The merchant removes the gold and old olives, buys fresh olives, fills the vase, recorks it, and puts it back in place.
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