263. Der Gelddieb zu Cessingen.

ATU-Erzähltypen

Keine belegbare Zuordnung in der geprüften Auswahl.

No full ATU type: the report of an unseen money thief lacks the repentance of ATU 1636 and the frank-thief plot of ATU 921A*.

Thompson-Motive

The source explicitly reports that the inhabitants clearly see the thief’s light but do not see the thief himself. D1361.27 (“Magic light renders invisible”) and its parent D1361 (“Magic object renders invisible”) were checked: the juxtaposition makes the light a plausible cause, but the text does not state that it is magical or that it causes the invisibility, so the exact motif remains possible rather than probable. D1361.7 concerns the hand of glory making its light invisible, the reverse direction; D1361.8 requires an unborn child’s heart. E421.1.1/F412.1.1 require a ghost/spirit visible to one person alone, while here no observer sees the thief and no spirit identity is given. Add only D1361.27 at possible; do not add unsupported cause as fact.

• Thompson D1361.27 · Magic light renders invisible.

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  Textbelege und Katalog

  The explicit repeated association of visible light and unseen thief makes the magic-light invisibility motif a possible reading, but the source does not explicitly assert causation.

  • „Er hatte allemal ein Licht bei sich, das die Hausbewohner wol klar und deutlich sahen, ihn selbst jedoch sahen sie nicht.“

  Thompson D1361.27 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab