The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004)

Role: son and thief · First appears: Chapter IV

At the hill-town, The householder of the hill-town and The householder's wife had a son. His mother arranged for him to learn weaving from The weaver, who took him as an apprentice; the youth learned quickly. Once they began stealing together, the youth cut off The weaver’s head and escaped when the weaver was caught at a housebreaking scene.

Later, the thief secretly visited the king’s daughter, who bore his son after eight or nine months. The boy handed the thief a wreath, allowing the king’s watchmen to seize him. The king then gave his daughter to the thief as his wife and bestowed half his kingdom upon her.

Relationship record

Life events

• The householder and his wife had a son.(Chapter IV · 📍 a hill-town)
  • With: The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 004) The householder's wife (Chapter 004)
  • “When a son was born unto him, he said to his wife, ‘Goodwife, now that there is born unto us a causer of debts and diminisher of means, I will take merchandise and go to sea.’”
• The householder's wife arranged for her son to learn weaving from the weaver.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The householder's wife (Chapter 004) The weaver (Chapter 004)
  • “So she said to the weaver, ‘O brother, teach this nephew of yours to weave.’ He replied, ‘As that is right, I will do so.’ The youth became his apprentice, and in a short time learnt the art of weaving, for he was sharp and quick.”
• The weaver and the youth began carrying out thefts together.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The weaver (Chapter 004)
  • “The weaver saw that the lad was a great swindler, so he determined to carry out a theft along with him.”
• The youth cut off the weaver's head and escaped, leaving the weaver arrested at the housebreaking scene.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The weaver (Chapter 004)
  • “At that cry a great number of people assembled, who seized the weaver by his legs and began to pull him in. The youth, all by himself, could not succeed in pulling him out; but he cut off the weaver’s head and got away with it.”
• The thief secretly visited the king's daughter, who later bore his son.(Chapter IV · 📍 the bay)
  • With: The king's daughter (Chapter 004)
  • “There he came ashore and said to the maiden, ‘If you utter a single cry you shall die.’ In her fright she remained silent. He tarried awhile with her, and then went his way. The watchmen did not know what to do, seeing that she had made no noise while the thief tarried with her, and had not begun to cry till he had satisfied himself and gone away; but they gave the king a full account of what had taken place. The king said, ‘It is a bad business that he was not caught.’ The result of the thief’s visit was that, after eight or nine months had elapsed, the princess bore a son.”
• The king's watchmen seized the thief after his son gave him the identifying wreath.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The thief's son (Chapter 004) The king (Chapter 004)
  • “As the boy walked with the wreath through the assembled crowds and closely observed them, he caught sight of the thief, and, in accordance with the incomprehensible sequence of human affairs, handed him the wreath. The king’s watchmen seized the thief and brought him before the king.”
• The king gave his daughter in marriage to the thief and bestowed half his kingdom upon her.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The king's daughter (Chapter 004) The king (Chapter 004)
  • “Thereupon he endowed his daughter with ornaments of all sorts, and gave her to the thief as his wife, and bestowed upon her the half of his kingdom.”

Chapter IV

• parent: The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 004) “When a son was born unto him, he said to his wife, ‘Goodwife, now that there is born unto us a causer of debts and diminisher of means, I will take merchandise and go to sea.’”
• mentor: The weaver (Chapter 004) “The youth became his apprentice, and in a short time learnt the art of weaving, for he was sharp and quick.”
• child: The thief's son (Chapter 004) “The result of the thief’s visit was that, after eight or nine months had elapsed, the princess bore a son.”
• married with The king's daughter (Chapter 004) “Thereupon he endowed his daughter with ornaments of all sorts, and gave her to the thief as his wife, and bestowed upon her the half of his kingdom.”
• parent: The householder's wife (Chapter 004) “When a son was born unto him, he said to his wife, ‘Goodwife, now that there is born unto us a causer of debts and diminisher of means, I will take merchandise and go to sea.’”
• elder kin: The weaver (Chapter 004) “So she said to the weaver, ‘O brother, teach this nephew of yours to weave.’”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.