Motif
false accusation reversed onto accuser
false_accusation_reversed_onto_accuser
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family False Accusation and Fraud Exposed. 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 TALKATIVE TORTOISE / THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE; lines 1202-1311 confidence: high
The hermit decides to test the promises and visits the city; the prince, now king, calls him a robber and orders him flogged and impaled.
The king falsely accuses the hermit and orders him punished; after the truth is told, the servants punish the king instead.
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