Motif
private vengeance followed by public judgment
private_vengeance_followed_by_public_judgment
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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 5265-5370 confidence: medium
The old woman comes running; Alnaschar seizes her, identifies himself as the man she deceived with hypocritical prayers, and kills her after she begs for mercy.
Alnaschar avenges himself violently, then is arrested over the property he removed and must give an account before a judge.
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