Motif
animal court adjudicates theft accusation
animal_court_adjudicates_theft_accusation
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
khoisan south african
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South-African Folk-Tales INTRODUCTION / ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENCE IN MODES OF LIFE BETWEEN HOTTENTOTS AND BUSHMEN / THE LOST MESSAGE / THE MONKEY'S FIDDLE; lines 414-496 confidence: high
After eating, Wolf becomes jealous, demands the bow and arrow, threatens Monkey, and tells Jackal that Monkey stole it; Jackal suggests taking the matter to the court of Lion, Tiger, and the other animals and takes the disputed object for supposed safekeeping.
Jackal proposes that the dispute be brought to the court of Lion, Tiger, and the other animals, and the court sentences Monkey for theft.
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