Motif
failed guardian punished after youth’s peril
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1037-1152 confidence: high
A king’s son loves hunting; the king orders the grand-vizir never to lose sight of him. During a stag chase, the prince rides ahead, becomes alone, and loses his way.
The grand-vizir fails to keep the prince in sight; after the prince reports the danger, the king has him strangled.
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