Added Equipment

Added Equipment is a folklore motif used in one particular tale. Unknown. (1972). "added equipment", in Leach, M. (ed) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. 3rd ed. p.10
== Tale ==
In the Chiricahua, Lipan, and White Mountain Apache story of Coyote being challenged to lie and get away with it, Coyote says he can tell the lie, but he needs to go home and get things first. He asks to be lent a white horse/mule/burro to go and get it. He handles the animal in such a way as to prevent it from going anywhere until its owner has equipped it with a high-quality saddle, a saddle-blanket, a bridle, and spurs. Coyote then rides away and either never returns, or takes all the equipment, paints the horse back, and then sells it back to its owner, running away when the first rain reveals the truth. One version adds that he also convinces the owner to give him his hat, coat, and boots.
== Analysis ==
This motif is a sub-motif of the stolen goods sold to owner motif, indicating that the above tale was potentially part of a wider master-thief myth-cycle. 
It has been suggested that the Chiricahua, Lipan, and White Mountain Apache adapted a European story to their lifestyle, environment, and general culture to produce this story, owing to the stolen goods sold to owner motif being much more common in Europe than in America. 
== References ==
Category:Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend
Category:Folklore Motifs