Motif
successive false or mistaken confessions
successive_false_or_mistaken_confessions
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
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4983-5074 confidence: high
The chief of police orders the doctor loosened and the tailor strung up after the tailor's confession.
The Sultan's officers report that first one man and then another accused themselves of the murder, and the tailor's confession redirects the execution.
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