Motif
Transferred blame around a supposed corpse
transferred_blame_around_a_supposed_corpse
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Exposure, Judgment, and Punishment. 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 5485-5587 confidence: high
To avoid suspicion, the tailor carries the body to a Jewish physician; it is placed in the purveyor's chamber and later propped in the street, where the merchant is thought to have killed it.
The hunchback's body is moved from the tailor to the physician's house, to the purveyor's chamber, and to the street, where the merchant is thought responsible.
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