The constellation
J1661 Clever deductions
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
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The same sky, in words
beneath it
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- Coins concealed in jar of oil (pickles) · J1655.3 entry
- Valuable rubies baked in bread · J1655.2 entry
- Jewels concealed in cowdung cakes · J1655.1 entry
- Clever ways of concealing jewels (treasure) · J1655 entry
- Deductions from observation · J1661.1 entry
- Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew · J1661.1.1 entry
- Deduction: the camel ridden by a pregnant woman · J1661.1.1.1 entry
- Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer · J1661.1.2 entry