Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson J1371 — The account-book of mistakes

J1371
Thompson motif reference
J
The Wise and the Foolish
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

The account-book of mistakes. A king, hearing that a man keeps an account-book of people's mistakes asks to see about his own record. He reads that the king has made a mistake in trusting a certain sum of money to a servant. King: "How if he comes back with it?" "I shall cross off your name and put him down for making a mistake." *Wesselski Arlotto I 181 No. 5; Chauvin II 153 No. 20; Italian Novella: *Rotunda.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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← J1370 — Cynical retorts concerning honesty




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