Witnesses to make image of diamond they claim to have seen

Motif

Witnesses to make image of diamond they claim to have seen.

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 J1154.2

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Witness discredited by inability to tell details. (Cf. J1153.1.)

Filed beside it

Parrot unable to tell husband details as to wife's infidelity. Wife has parrot describe a storm very realistically. Husband observes contrast in the two tales. (Cf. J1152.) False witnesses cannot describe stolen jewel

Carried in tale types

Cases Solved in a Manner Worthy of Solomon · ATU 926C 1 recorded variant

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