| Autor: |
Ashliman, D. L., Garry, Jane, El-Shamy, Hasan |
| Zdroj: |
Archetypes & Motifs in Folklore & Literature: A Handbook; 2005, p278-282, 5p |
| Abstrakt: |
This article focuses on thief escapes detection motif K400 in folklore and literature. Crime and detection have been staples in folklore and fiction throughout history, and in many instances the storyteller's sense of justice sides with the lawbreaker, especially when the latter is from an oppressed class and the victim is from a privileged group. The resulting tales delight in exploits of thievery and also in the tricks played by the perpetrators to avoid detection. Most folkloric accounts of unpunished theft are more mundane than the burglary of a king's treasury. Many folktales describe a servant stealing food from a master's kitchen, a commonplace act that many storytellers and their listeners could identify with. The Priest's Guest and the Eaten Chickens circulated widely in European jest-books from the thirteenth century onward. It is also found in the Thousand and One Nights and as a folktale from India westward through the Arabic world, virtually all of Europe, the Caribbean Islands, and North America. |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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