Motif
dishonest custodian denies entrusted property through impossible explanation
dishonest_custodian_denies_entrusted_property_through_impossible_explanation
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Justice, Mercy, and Judicial Procedure. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND / THE WISE PARROT AND THE FOOLISH PARROT / THE DISHONEST FRIEND; lines 826-894 confidence: high
A man going on a journey entrusts his plough to a friend; the friend sells it and keeps the money.
The friend entrusted with the plough sells it and then claims an implausible rat ate it.
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