Motif
Animal justice for a slain victim
animal_justice_for_a_slain_victim
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
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6661-6767 confidence: high
Camaralzaman hears birds in a tree; two large birds fight until one dies, and two larger birds that watched the duel bury the dead bird.
Two larger birds bury the slain bird, seize the bird called the murderer, and kill it at the victim's grave.
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