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Motif

Susanna and the elders: separate examination of witnesses. Testimony as to exact circumstances of her deed does not agree. Witnesses discredited.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence. · view the constellation · filed as J1153.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Jewish bin Gorion Born Judas I 361f., Neuman.
  • general **W. Baumgartner Susanna, die Geschichte einer Legende (Archiv f. Religionswiss. XXIV 259–80)
  • general *Chauvin VI 193 No. 362
Within the index

Filed under Separate examination of witnesses discredits testimony.

Filed beside it
To which of two men does woman belong? Only one can answer questions just as she has. Other discredited
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Witness discredited by inability to tell details. (Cf. J1153.1.)

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