Motif
Animal court adjudicates a human grievance
animal_court_adjudicates_a_human_grievance
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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West African Folk-Tales XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD / XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN / II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES / XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER; lines 1652-1760 confidence: high
Ohia chases Deer for many miles to a high hill, climbs after it to the summit, and finds a large gathering of quadrupeds with Deer before King Tiger.
King Tiger and the quadrupeds hear Ohia's explanation, judge Deer guilty, declare Ohia blameless, and apologize to him.
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