Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

theft from a guarded or tended store

theft_from_a_guarded_or_tended_store

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG / THE RIVERS AND THE SEA / THE LION IN LOVE / THE BEE-KEEPER; lines 4323-4336 confidence: medium

    A thief finds his way into the apiary while the bee-keeper is away and steals all the honey.

    A thief steals all the honey from an apiary maintained by the bee-keeper.

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