Motif
play judgment becomes real judgment
play_judgment_becomes_real_judgment
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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islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 9472-9588 confidence: high
In the children’s game, Ali Cogia pretends to set a vase before the Cadi; the child Cadi pretends to examine and taste the olives and asks why seven-year-old olives would still be good.
A mock trial staged by children supplies the procedure and reasoning later followed in the actual case before the Caliph.
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