Motif
Impostor punished by authority
impostor_punished_by_authority
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.
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1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER; lines 4747-4816 confidence: high
The Daimio has the caller brought in, questions whether he is Hana-Saka-Jijii, and the neighbor falsely claims to be the true one and says the earlier old man was his disciple.
After the failed performance and the ash blown into the Daimio's eyes, the neighbor is arrested and imprisoned as a false Hana-Saka-Jijii.
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