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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5161-5236 | high | Cacus steals four choice bulls and four heifers, drags them by their tails to reverse the tracks, and hides them behind rock so no marks lead a seeker to the cavern. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5716-5801 | medium | Turnus says the Trojans “robbed me of my bride,” refers to the sons of Atreus and Mycenae, rejects “the cowardly theft of their Palladium” and hiding “in a horse's belly,” and vows daylight flame against the walls. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 898-978 | medium | Sinon says Greek hope centered in Pallas until Diomedes and Ulysses stole the fated Palladium, killed sentries, grasped the holy image, and touched the goddess's chaplets with bloody hands. | record |
| Greek | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE / THE FOX AND THE SNAKE / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG / THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADE; lines 5125-5141 | high | At the town gates, a crier announces a reward for information about a thief who stole something from the city temple. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1573-1626 | medium | Penaumbe draws the pole back to become rich; the lord recalls an earlier theft of a divine pole, orders it cut, and servants cut it, leaving Penaumbe with half a penis and no gain. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 2102-2199 | high | The stranger learns where Okikurumi keeps his two treasures, steals them and all his possessions, and flees with Tureshihi in a boat. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 802-900 | medium | A rich man owns a puppy, a fox-cub, and a tiny silver model ship charm given by a god; when the charm is stolen, he grieves, refuses food, and is near death. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6428-6544 | medium | Camaralzaman inspects the girdle, opens a sewn pouch, and finds an engraved cornelian with strange characters; it is a talisman from the Queen of China, said to ensure her daughter's happiness while carried. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 7676-7788 | medium | The king shows the letter to Saouy; Saouy turns aside, secretly tears off the formula from the top of the letter, puts it in his mouth, and swallows it. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8148-8267 | high | During Aladdin’s hunting absence, the magician buys copper lamps and cries 'New lamps for old'; the princess, unaware of the old lamp’s value, orders a slave to exchange it. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 8269-8381 | medium | Aladdin asks about the old lamp; the princess tells of its exchange and says the African magician carries it, urges her to marry him, and threatens possible violence. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1021-1119 | high | Beeargah seizes the comebee, cuts it open, takes the firestick, fires grass as he runs, and Bootoolgah concludes the secret has become common property. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | WITH INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG, M.A. / CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 289-342 | high | The origin of fire is said to be explained; once discovered, fire is stolen from its original proprietors because the first owners would not give the secret away, a point compared with Prometheus. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 933-1019 | medium | Boolooral and Quarrian follow Bootoolgah and Goonur, climb a high tree, and see them use a stick from a comebee to make flame and cook fish in ashes. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988 | medium | The man exchanges the gem for the hermit’s hatchet and commands: “O hatchet! cut off that hermit’s head, and bring the gem to me!” | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | HERBERT A. GILES / CHAPTER I--TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS 1 / INDEX 455 / ERRATA AND ADDENDA 466; lines 317-431 | low | The Shih-shuo-hsin-yü says Kuo Hsiang stole his work from Hsiang Hsiu; both editions circulated, Hsiang Hsiu's is lost, and comparison shows plagiarism though Kuo Hsiang added independent revision. | record |
| Daoist | Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer | HORSES' HOOFS. / CHAPTER X. / OPENING TRUNKS. / B.C. 481.; lines 4298-4432 | medium | T'ien Ch'êng Tzŭ slays the Prince of Ch'i, steals the kingdom and the Sages' wisdom-tricks, is not punished by other states, and his descendants rule Ch'i for twelve generations. | record |
| Buddhist | The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India | THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 413-505 | medium | A wingless flying wild pig lands and sleeps; a magnificent diamond lies beside it. The man takes the diamond and, after thinking of being in a tree, finds himself in the treetop. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH; lines 1184-1265 | high | Goibniu, Samthainn, and Cian live at Druim na Teine, the Ridge of the Fire; Cian owns the Glas Gaibhnenn, a cow whose milk never fails and who is coveted and guarded. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12251-12323 | medium | Diarmuid wakes the Surly One, asks for berries because Grania wants to taste them, receives a refusal, and says he will take them willingly or unwillingly. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK EIGHT: CNOC-AN-AIR. / CHAPTER I. TAILC, SON OF TREON / CHAPTER II. MEARGACH'S WIFE / CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE; lines 13584-13678 | medium | Conan leaps from his seat when his bald head is about to be struck off, loses strips of skin, and asks to be healed before death because he knows an enchanted cup in the dun had cured Glanluadh. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1663-1764 | high | Brian says the garden is guarded by the king's champions and fighting men, and advises going in as swift hawks so the guards will spend their missiles before the brothers take the apples. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1766-1882 | high | Brian recites a poem praising Tuis and asking for the pig-skin; he explains that he wants the king's pig-skin and that they will be 'by the ears' about it unless he receives it by consent. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN; lines 1884-1986 | high | Brian casts an apple at the king and kills him; he and his companions attack the court, then find the spear with its head in a cauldron of water to prevent fire. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2411-2509 | medium | Lugh, the Dagda, and Ogma pursue the Fomor, find the Dagda's harp hanging in a feasting-house with Bres and Elathan; the Dagda calls it, and it springs from the wall, comes to him, and kills nine men. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA; lines 3051-3156 | medium | The Dagda makes a vat for Ainge; it drips during sea flood but not ebb tide. Ainge gathers twigs for a new vat, Gaible steals and hurls them away, and Gaible's Wood grows where they fall. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG / CHAPTER II. THE DAGDA / CHAPTER III. ANGUS OG / CHAPTER IV. THE MORRIGU; lines 3251-3311 | medium | Conchubar seeks the Morrigu’s help for Cuchulain; she disputes with Cuchulain while taking a cow from Cruachan and helps Talchinem bring away a bull desired by his wife; she is said to meddle with cattle. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER. / CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS; lines 6557-6658 | medium | At a feast in the king's house, the Lad complains that no one has offered a stranger food or drink, and the king orders that the cauldron of plenty be given to him until he eats his fill. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6714-6821 | medium | Dubh and Bran follow a bright light to a large house where strange men drink from a cup said to have been taken from Finn a hundred years earlier and able to provide each man his desired drink; Dubh takes it and returns as his log burns out. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER XII. THE GREAT FIGHT / CHAPTER XIII. CREDHE'S LAMENT / BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON; lines 8361-8449 | medium | Arthur notices Bran, Sceolan, and Adhnuall, plans to take them across the sea, does so with his men, lands on the coast of Britain, and goes to the mountain of Lodan to hunt. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK FOUR: HUNTINGS AND ENCHANTMENTS. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF BRITAIN'S SON / CHAPTER II. THE CAVE OF CEISCORAN / CHAPTER III. DONN SON OF MIDHIR; lines 8539-8634 | medium | Donn says his side took the Tuatha de Danaan's jewels, riches, treasures, horns, vessels, pale-gold cups, and Fethnaid, daughter of Feclach, their woman-harper. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER IV. THE HOSPITALITY OF CUANNA'S HOUSE / CHAPTER V. CAT-HEADS AND DOG-HEADS / CHAPTER VI. LOMNA'S HEAD / CHAPTER VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH; lines 9187-9273 | high | A woman-warrior comes yearly with Lochlann ships to attack the Tuatha de Danaan; she was trained by an enchantress, knows the precious things in the Sidhe hills, and carries them away; a messenger reports ships and an army at the harbour. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 8339-8394 | medium | The passage explains that the spirit of corn or other cultivated plants may be conceived as the owner of the plants; harvest, root-digging, and fruit-gathering are then acts that rob and impoverish him. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6654-6693 | medium | Sodewa Bai marries a prince with another wife; the first wife is jealous and persuades a negress to steal the golden necklace. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / FROM THE YELLOW BOOK OF LECAN; lines 11196-11299 | medium | The seven maidens go to the water-springs; Mani asks them to bring their herds and promises reward and protection; they drive cattle, swine, and sheep to him unseen and unstopped. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF REGAMON / LITERAL TRANSLATION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / INTRODUCTION; lines 11573-11656 | medium | The L.U. version has Flidais feed Ailill's army every seventh day with produce from her cows and later die as Fergus' wife; the Glenn Masain version has the Gamanrad pursue Maev and Fergus, rescue Flidais and her cow, and Flidais return west with Muiretach Menn. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 1010-1106 | high | Hermes is born, makes a lyre from a tortoise shell, steals Apollo's cattle, is involved in a tribunal of Zeus, and through the lyre gains Apollo's friendship and prerogatives. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY / HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS; lines 1532-1621 | high | The gods hide livelihood from humans; Zeus hides fire after Prometheus deceives him, and Prometheus steals fire back for humans in a hollow fennel-stalk. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2914-3010 | high | Zeus withholds unwearying fire from mortals, and Prometheus steals its far-seen gleam in a hollow fennel stalk. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4786-4884 | high | Melampus buries a killed serpent; its offspring inspire prophecy by licking his ears. Later he is caught stealing cows and is released after warning of a house collapse. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. 1745 / THE SHIELD OF HERACLES / THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX / THE GREAT EOIAE; lines 4886-4903 | medium | The cattle are driven through Pelasgian country, Achaea, Locris, Boeotia, Megaris, Peloponnesus, Corinth, Larissa, Tegea, and onward by the Lycaean mountains and Maenalus. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6148-6247 | high | Hermes is described as 'of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver... a thief at the gates'; born at dawn, he plays the lyre at midday and steals Apollo's cattle in the evening. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6249-6341 | high | Hermes divides the prepared meat into twelve honourable portions by lot, longs for the savour but does not eat, stores the meat as a token of youthful theft, and burns hoofs and heads. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 | high | Apollo hears the old man's report, sees a long-winged bird, interprets it as an omen that the thief is the child of Zeus, and hurries to Pylos seeking his oxen. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6447-6544 | high | Apollo tells Zeus that the newborn Hermes stole his cows, made marvelous tracks, drove them toward Pylos, hid in a dim cave, and denied any knowledge of them. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6546-6640 | medium | Apollo calls Hermes 'Slayer of oxen, trickster' and says the song is 'worth fifty cows' before promising renown and gifts. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | IV. TO HERMES / V. TO APHRODITE / VI. TO APHRODITE / VII. TO DIONYSUS; lines 6991-7049 | medium | Dionysus appears by the sea as a young man in a purple robe; Tyrsenian pirates seize him, bring him onto their ship, and try to bind him, but the bonds fall away; the helmsman understands something is wrong. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA; lines 7708-7815 | medium | Castor and Polydeuces are caught stealing cattle from Idas and Lynceus; Castor dies, Polydeuces kills the opponents, and Zeus grants alternating immortality. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD; lines 7964-8081 | high | Epeius builds the wooden horse by Athena's instruction; Odysseus disfigures himself, enters Ilium as a spy, is recognized by Helen, plots with her, kills certain Trojans, returns, and removes the Palladium with Diomedes. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS / THE LITTLE ILIAD / THE SACK OF ILIUM; lines 8106-8167 | medium | A Palladium from Zeus to Dardanus is kept in Ilium, hidden in a secret place, while an exact-looking copy is displayed to deceive plotters; the Achaeans take the copy by plots. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 816-912 | high | The Little Iliad is summarized as including the award of Achilles' arms to Odysseus, Aias' madness, Philoctetes' return and cure, Neoptolemus' arrival, Eurypylus' death, the making of the wooden horse, Odysseus' spying, the theft of the Palladium with Diomedes, and the admission of the wooden horse into Troy. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9645-9787 | high | In the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, Battus nearly disappears and a somewhat different account of the stealing of the cattle is given. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES. / BOOK X. / ARGUMENT. / THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.; lines 10446-10587 | medium | Dolon locates the allied contingents, says the Thracians are apart and newly arrived under Rhesus, describes Rhesus' white horses, silver car, golden arms, and asks to be spared as captive. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17286-17409 | medium | Menelaus tells the beloved of Jove that Patroclus is dead on the shore, Achilles must be told, and Hector has taken the slain man's arms. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24313-24477 | high | Heavenly-bred coursers breathe ethereal fire; Circe stole them from her celestial sire and substituted earthly mares, whose wombs conceived a more-than-mortal birth. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5814-5955 | medium | Diomed tells Sthenelus to seize Aeneas’ horses if both enemies fall; he describes their race as descended from horses bestowed by the thundering god on Tros for Ganymede, and says Anchises stole a breed from Laomedon. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21294-21487 | high | Wainamoinen answers that the hosts of Kalevala inquire for the Sampo and have journeyed to divide the treasure. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21489-21680 | high | After days of steering, Lemminkainen asks why Wainamoinen will not sing now that the Sampo and its colored lid have been captured; Wainamoinen says songs of joy should wait until the homeland is reached. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 21682-21883 | medium | Wainamoinen asks Iku-Turso why he rose from the waters; Iku-Turso says he came to destroy the Kalew-heroes and return the Sampo to Pohyola, then promises to leave forever if spared. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23372-23562 | high | Louhi captures the Sun and Moon, carries them to upper Northland and Sariola, hides the Moon in a many-colored rock and the Sun in an iron-banded mountain, and orders them to hide in Pohyola's caverns until she frees them. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 23372-23562 | high | After the golden Moon and silver Sun vanish, Louhi steals fire from Northland and Wainola; homes become cold and dark, and darkness reigns in Kalevala and Ukko's home. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24521-24719 | high | Ilmarinen tells the eagle he is forging a collar for Louhi, called the stealer of silver sunshine and golden moonlight, to bind her to an iron-rock. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | high | The Sun and Moon are stolen from heaven and hidden in a cave of a copper-bearing mountain by the wicked hostess of Sariola; Ukko, compared with Atlas, relinquishes support of the heavens, thunders near dark clouds, and strikes fire from his sword to make a new sun and moon. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | high | The Sun and Moon have families; one son of Piv aids Wainamoinen against the Fire-fish with a magic knife, while Panu the Fire-child restores fire stolen by Louhi; Castren infers that ancient Finns regarded fire as a direct emanation from the Sun. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 433-517 | medium | Ahto is chief water-god or Wave-host, lives with Wellamo at the sea bottom in Ahtola, possesses fish and the Sampo, which Louhi dragged into the sea while trying to regain it from Kalevala heroes. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 5211-5401 | high | Wainamoinen tells Ilmarinen to climb the tree and bring down the golden moonbeams, the Moon, and the Bear; Ilmarinen climbs the golden fir toward the bow of heaven to bring them down. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | INTO ENGLISH / DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.; lines 72-152 | high | The contents include headings in which Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire, the Fire-fish is captured, and the Sun and Moon are restored. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 960-1054 | medium | The preface compares Finnish heroes with the Niebelungs, says they woo maidens of the North, and says they raid Lapland to possess the mysterious Sampo, likened to the Golden Fleece. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20645-20715 | medium | After furnishing provisions, Joseph puts his cup in Benjamin's sack; a crier calls after the company of travellers and accuses them of theft. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20645-20715 | medium | A note explains the accusation against Joseph with traditions: his aunt planted Abraham's girdle on him to keep him; others say he stole and destroyed a gold idol, compared in the note with Rachel stealing Laban's images; others say he stole a goat or hen for a poor man. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVIII. / ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31587-31688 | medium | Solomon entrusts the signet on which his kingdom depends to Amna; Sakhar comes in Solomon's shape, obtains the ring, rules on the throne, and Solomon wanders unrecognized. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 5675-5730 | high | The Karmatians, during profanations at the temple of Mecca, took away the black stone and refused to restore it, although Mecca offered five thousand pieces of gold. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | LIFE OF GEORGE SALE. / R. A. DAVENPORT. / INTRODUCTION / TO THE READER.; lines 717-755 | medium | Fra Marino, intimate with Pope Sixtus V, is in the Pope's library; when the Pope falls asleep, he reaches for a book and finds the gospel he wanted. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 5165-5254 | medium | Arthur asks Odgar for Diwrnach Wyddel's cauldron; Odgar commands Diwrnach to give it, but Diwrnach refuses, and Arthur travels to Ireland in Prydwen. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7208-7299 | medium | The first and second ripe wheat crofts are found stripped overnight, leaving only bare straw with the ears cut off and carried away. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7484-7578 | high | Gwydion, Gilvaethwy, and ten companions arrive at Pryderi's palace at Rhuddlan Teivi disguised as bards; Gwydion tells tales and charms the court. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7580-7675 | medium | Gwydion tells his men to move forward to Gwynedd with the animals because hosts are pursuing; they make a sty for the swine at Arllechwedd. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701 | medium | Caridwen resolves, by the arts of the Fferyllt books, to boil a cauldron of Inspiration and Science for Avagddu so that he may be honoured for knowledge of mysteries. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 9358-9546 | medium | An angelic hand brings seed for Eve to sow; Eve hides a tenth, black rye appears instead of pure wheat, and the poem explains tithe as required because of this thievish act. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA / BOOK VI / GO-HARANA; lines 3139-3283 | medium | Arjun tells Uttara to keep the chariot at arrow-range, avoid other chiefs, seek Duryodhan, and win Virata's stolen cattle. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | XIII. / XVII. / THE END. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15639-15771 | medium | “Solomon was robbed of his seal by a genie, and temporarily deprived of his kingdom.” | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 3644-3765 | medium | ‘Aynu-’d-Devla travels to Constantinople, lives in the great church for a year serving the priests, then takes the tablet at night and flees with it. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10072-10148 | medium | Strabo says Marsyas stole the flute from Minerva, that it proved fatal to him, and that he drew Minerva's indignation upon himself. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH.; lines 10726-10814 | high | A watchful crested dragon with three tongues and hooked teeth guards the Golden Fleece; the hero sprinkles it with Lethean herbs, repeats sleep words three times, makes it sleep, gains the gold, and arrives victorious at Iolcos with his wife. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10979-11037 | high | Medea loves Jason, promises aid if he marries her, leads him by night to the palace, gives him a false key, and he carries off royal treasures with Medea and companions. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11350-11455 | medium | Medea passes Pitane, a stone image of a long Dragon, and the wood of Ida where Bacchus hid a stolen bullock under the appearance of a fictitious stag. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 1564-1619 | high | The note says Prometheus formed humans from clay and animated them with fire stolen from heaven. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 250-281 | high | Mercury steals Apollo's neglected herd, changes Battus into a touchstone for betrayal, sees and debauches Herse, and Aglauros is changed into a rock because of envy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3767-3868 | high | Apollo is absent in Elis and Messenian fields wearing a shepherd's garment, carrying a stick and a reed pipe; while his cows stray into Pylos, Mercury sees them, drives them off, hides them in the woods, and Battus alone notices. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3870-3916 | medium | Mercury takes the stranger aside, asks him to deny seeing the herds if asked, and gives him a handsome cow as reward. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4334-4419 | medium | The note says some authors derived Europe’s name from Europa, discusses fair complexion, and reports a fable that a daughter of Juno stole her mother’s paint for Europa. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5506-5562 | medium | Opheltes, Acoetes’ chief mate, says they are present and leads along the shore a boy he thinks a prize, found in lonely fields, beautiful like a girl and seeming heavy with wine and sleep. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 | medium | Ancient writers explain the Gorgons as savage women in caves and forests or as three wealthy sisters with islands, a shared minister interpreted as one eye, and a golden statue of Minerva; Perseus seizes the minister, demands the statue, kills resisting Medusa, places the head on his ship, and his terror-producing reputation gives rise to the petrifaction fable. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7481-7575 | medium | Perseus says that beneath cold Atlas two daughters of Phorcys shared one eye, and he obtained it by sly craft while it was being handed over. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7577-7629 | medium | Because the beings had only one eye between them, both would be blind while it passed from one hand to another, making Perseus' theft easy. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2929-3006 | medium | Hercules travels with Geryon's herds into Italy; Cacus, a robber in the caverns of Mount Aventine, steals oxen; Hercules, aided by Evander and Faunus, destroys him and shares spoils. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH.; lines 411-502 | medium | The fable summary says Minos besieges Megara; the city's preservation depends on Nisus's lock; Scylla falls in love, cuts off the lock, gives it to Minos, is rejected, leaps into the sea, and is transformed after Nisus attacks her as a sea eagle. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIII. / BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH.; lines 504-600 | medium | At night Scylla silently enters her father’s chamber and takes his fatal lock, described as the prize of crime and spoil of impiety. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6347-6418 | medium | Chione bears twins: Autolycus, crafty and skilled in theft and in making black white and white black, and Philammon, famous for song and the lyre. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 635-725 | medium | Minos raises forces to avenge Androgeus, conquers Nisea, besieges Megara, and Scylla, daughter of Nisus, betrays the city; historians say she corresponded with Minos and opened the gates with keys stolen from her sleeping father. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8770-8858 | high | Ulysses says he carried off the hidden statue of Phrygian Minerva; he adds that the Fates would not allow Troy to be captured without that statue. | record |
| Buddhist | More Jataka Tales | XIX PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS / XX BEAUTY AND BROWNIE / XXI THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG / THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS; lines 166-262 | medium | A Girl Monkey in a nearby tree watches the queen put her pearls in a box and wants to get them. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 10299-10392 | high | Bad weather keeps the party at Trinacria; their provisions are exhausted, and Eurylochus persuades the hungry men to break vows and kill sacred oxen while Odysseus sleeps. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS. / EPHESIAN ARTEMIS. / BRAURONIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 2976-3057 | medium | Years later, Orestes and Pylades come to Taurica to obtain the statue or image of Taurian Artemis because the Delphic oracle says this will pacify the Furies pursuing Orestes. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3746-3817 | high | Hermes is son of Zeus and Maia, born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia; as a babe he leaves the cave to steal oxen belonging to Apollo, who is feeding Admetus’s flocks. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3819-3892 | high | Apollo discovers the robber, confronts Maia and the infant Hermes, brings Hermes before Zeus, and Zeus orders Hermes to show Apollo where the cattle are hidden. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS). / BACCHUS OR LIBER. / AIDES (PLUTO).; lines 4246-4341 | high | Tantalus is favoured by the gods but offends Zeus, steals nectar and ambrosia, kills Pelops and serves him to the gods, and is punished with receding water and unreachable fruit. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7240-7332 | medium | Aetes refuses to give Jason the Fleece and decides to destroy the Argonauts and burn their vessel. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | CADMUS. / PERSEUS. / THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.; lines 7334-7430 | medium | Aetes discovers the loss of Medea and the Golden Fleece, sends Absyrtus with a fleet, and the pursuers surround the Argo and demand surrender. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8076-8168 | high | Heracles follows Prometheus' advice; Atlas puts the dragon to sleep, outwits the Hesperides, brings three golden apples, tries to leave Heracles bearing the heavens, and is tricked into resuming his load. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8170-8264 | high | At Delphi the priestess refuses Heracles an oracle because of Iphitus's murder; Heracles seizes the tripod, Apollo defends the sanctuary, and Zeus stops the struggle with lightning. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | SATURN. / RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN.; lines 832-898 | high | Zeus, pretending to be deceived but understanding the trick, chooses the bones and in anger refuses mortals the gift of fire. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9776-9867 | high | The Trojans are besieged within their walls, and the third condition for conquering the city remains unfulfilled. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10777-10812 | medium | Fafnir’s slaying is said to symbolize destruction of the cold or darkness demon who stole the golden hoard of summer or the yellow rays of the sun. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 10939-11058 | high | Thorsten and Belé sail each spring; with Angantyr they recover Ellida, a magic dragon ship given by Ægir to Viking for hospitality and later stolen. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11477-11599 | medium | Frithiof sees his arm-ring on Balder's wooden image, says it was not meant for Balder, pulls it free, and the image falls across the altar fire as the temple fills with fire and smoke. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759 | medium | Sif’s golden hair is interpreted as vegetation; Loki’s theft of the tresses is compared with Pluto’s rape of Proserpine, and Loki’s visit to dwarfs underground is compared with Mercury seeking Proserpine in Hades. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 | medium | Heimdall is compared with Argus for sight, with Renown's trumpet for Giallar-horn, and with Proteus for shapeshifting; he foils Loki's theft of Brisinga-men. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 13084-13166 | high | Sigurd avenges his father's wrongs before seeking a golden hoard, compared with the golden fleece and guarded by a dragon. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 1877-1990 | high | Frigga steals gold from Odin's statue for a necklace made by dwarfs; Odin seeks to make the statue speak through runes; Fulla brings a dwarf who puts guards to sleep and breaks the statue. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3050-3168 | medium | Thor wakes to find his hammer gone and warns Loki that giants might attack Asgard if they learn it is missing. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3171-3290 | medium | Thrym welcomes the party; Thor, as the bride, eats and drinks enormous amounts; Loki explains the bride’s behavior, gaze, and inattention as signs of love. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR; lines 3369-3493 | high | Cheru's sword was made by the sons of Ivald, kept sacred in a temple, believed to give victory to its possessors, then disappeared; a prophetess revealed that the Norns decreed its wielder would conquer the world and die by it. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI; lines 3819-3966 | high | Inside the mountain cave, Odin appears before Gunlod, woos her, spends three days with her, receives permission to sip from each vessel, and drains all three vessels of mead. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER IV: THOR / CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN; lines 3991-4133 | medium | The seeming eagle is the storm giant Thiassi, who frees Loki only after Loki swears to lure Idun out of Asgard so Thiassi can obtain her and her fruit. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER V: TYR / CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY; lines 4609-4732 | high | Skirnir steals the reflection of Frey's face from the brook into a drinking horn, and departs with this portrait, eleven golden apples, and Draupnir. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER VI: BRAGI / CHAPTER VII: IDUN / CHAPTER IX: FREY / CHAPTER X: FREYA; lines 5126-5265 | medium | Freya wears the necklace constantly; Thor wears it when personating Freya in Jötun-heim; Loki covets it and would have stolen it but for Heimdall’s watchfulness. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5479-5625 | high | Heimdall hears soft footsteps near Freya’s palace Folkvang and sees Loki, who entered as a fly and is trying to steal Freya’s golden necklace Brisinga-men, emblem of earth’s fruitfulness. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5627-5758 | high | Heimdall sees sleeping Freya; Loki mutters runes, changes into a flea, creeps under the bedclothes, and bites Freya so she shifts position without waking. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS; lines 6396-6536 | high | The Valkyrs fly to earth in swan plumage, remove it to bathe in secluded streams, and can be detained or forced to mate if a mortal secures the plumage. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8051-8171 | medium | The passage names Loki's theft of Freya's necklace and Sif's hair, his betrayal of Idun to Thiassi, and his occasional help in escaping predicaments he caused. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS; lines 8658-8742 | medium | A lady sends her groom to test the story; trolls offer him a drink from a gold-mounted, rune-decorated horn; he takes the horn, throws away the drink, and escapes pursuing trolls by crossing a stubble field and running water. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9318-9428 | medium | Siggeir envies the weapon, offers to buy it, is refused by Sigmund, and secretly resolves to exterminate the Volsungs and secure the divine sword. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9862-9984 | high | Loki notices the ring, wrenches it from Andvari's finger, and departs; Andvari curses the ring and gold, declaring the wealth will cause death and dissension and bring no good. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | The Odyssey / PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; lines 113-185 | medium | The quoted opening says the company were not saved: they perished after devouring the oxen of Helios Hyperion, and the god took away their day of returning; the goddess, daughter of Zeus, is asked to declare these things. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5610-5710 | medium | Eurylochus tells the starving comrades that famine is worst, proposes driving in the best cows and sacrificing them, and suggests later building a temple to the sun-god if they reach Ithaca. | record |
| Sufi | Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | XXXVIII / XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES; lines 2919-3005 | low | The first line is said to be borrowed from Yezid ibn Moawiyah; Hafiz was reproached and answered that it was good policy to steal from heretics whatever they had of worth. | record |
| Sufi | Poems from the Divan of Hafiz | XLIII / NOTES / XVIII / XXIII; lines 3646-3675 | medium | Khusro Parwiz is said to have conquered Jerusalem and carried off the true Cross, enclosed in a gold box and buried in the ground. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30643-30752 | medium | Rávaṇ goes to Kailása, defeats Kuvera's resistance, and steals Pushpak, a flying car controlled by its master. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXIII. The Omens. / Canto XXIV. The Host In Sight. / Canto XXV. The Battle. / Canto XXVIII. Khara Dismounted.; lines 30975-31147 | high | Strengthened by the rescue, the feathered king undertakes to snatch Amrit, breaks iron nets, enters the jewel chamber, and carries away the heavenly drink guarded in Indra’s palace. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIII. The Sone. / Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth.; lines 5492-5590 | high | “Indra, monarch of the skies, / Veiling his form in demon guise, / Came down upon the appointed day / And drove the victim horse away.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil.; lines 5593-5733 | medium | Sagar's sons cleave and search the earth, killing many creatures and treading on snakes, demons, fiends, and gods, but they fail to find the robber or the spoil. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58747-58884 | medium | “On one side is the bright god of the heaven... on the other the demon of night and of darkness...” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. / Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. / Canto XLI. Kapil. / Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit.; lines 6291-6393 | medium | Vishnu uses illusive aid to remove the Amrit from sight, strikes his foes, and Aditi’s race defeats Diti’s brood; Indra then reigns over the three worlds. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63848-64027 | high | Garuḍ, King of Birds, carried off the Amrit, the drink of Paradise, from Indra’s custody. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 63848-64027 | medium | A demon, son of Kaśyap and Diti, was slain by Rudra or Śiva when he tried to carry off the tree of Paradise. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 64183-64293 | high | The Vedas were stolen by the demons Madhu and Kaitabha, submerged in the sea, and promptly recovered by Vishnu in one of his incarnations. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64710-64863 | high | Hayagrīva, Horse-necked, is a Daitya who seized and carried off the Vedas during cosmic dissolution caused by Brahmā’s sleep; Vishnu slew him and recovered them. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 65152-65262 | medium | Rávaṇ conquered Kuvera, God of Gold, and took from him the enchanted car. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit. / Canto XLVII. Sumati. / Canto L. Janak. / Canto LIV. The Battle.; lines 7068-7163 | medium | Vaśishṭha does not let the cow go; the king tries to drag her away by force. The distressed cow wonders why she has been forsaken, escapes, knocks down the surrounding men, and returns to Vaśishṭha. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10460-10547 | low | Gyges descends into the opening, sees a hollow brazen horse with doors, finds a more-than-human dead body wearing only a gold ring, takes the ring, and reascends. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK V. / BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII.; lines 21747-21839 | medium | The interlocutor says the tyrant will confiscate and spend sacred treasures, use the fortunes of attainted persons, and then be maintained from the father's estate. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | BOOK VI. / BOOK VII. / BOOK VIII. / BOOK IX.; lines 21985-22135 | medium | After parental property fails, pleasures swarm in the soul; old judgments are overthrown by passions that are Love's bodyguard. Love is tyrant and king, leading him to housebreaking, theft, temple robbery, murder, forbidden food, and other horrid acts, making waking reality what had been dream. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 4687-4772 | medium | The tyrant supports his army by robbing temple treasures, then taking his father's property and spending it on male and female companions. | record |
| Greek | The Republic | The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 668-755 | low | Socrates examines justice in peace, contracts, money keeping, attack and defense, guarding and stealing; the argument invokes Autolycus, a Homeric hero excellent in theft and perjury. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 13680-13861 | low | The speaker says he presents himself at the mosque through duty but not to pray; he stole a sedjaddeh or prayer-rug, wore it out, and returned repeatedly. | record |
| Sufi | The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam | E.H. WHINFIELD, M.A. / INTRODUCTION / E.H. WHINFIELD / QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 8749-8976 | low | The speaker says he goes to the mosque not to pray but to steal a prayer-mat; the note explains stealing a prayer-mat as praying to be seen by men and calls it satire on hypocrisy. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4468-4620 | medium | The Morrigan addresses the Brown Bull as luckless and warns that the men of Erin are tracking him and will carry him to their camp if he is taken unless he keeps guard. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Theogony ll. 507-616 | high | "From that time he was always mindful of the trick, and would not give the power of unwearying fire... But the noble son of Iapetus outwitted him and stole the far-seen gleam of unwearying fire in a hollow fennel stalk." | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur the Kangaroo Rat, the Fire Makers | medium | Bootoolgah and Goonur discover fire-making, hide their firesticks, cook secretly, and Beeargah eventually takes a firestick and spreads fire while escaping. | record |