"Then I woke up": man discredits his confession by declaring it all a dream

Motif

"Then I woke up": man discredits his confession by declaring it all a dream.

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 J1155

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 1790
general Wesselski Märchen 187 No. 2
general *Toldo Zs. f. Vksk. XV 69f.
general *Hilka and Soederhjelm Neuphilologische Mitteilungen (Helsingfors, 1913) 15ff.

Within the index

Filed under Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence.

1 finer motif beneath it

Confession discredited by claim to be notorious liar. (Cf. X905.)

Filed beside it

Testimony of witness cleverly discredited Witness cannot speak language of accusation: discredited. Two parrots taught accusation of mistress in a particular dialect. They know nothing more of the language. (Cf. G1154.1.) Separate examination of witnesses discredits testimony Witness discredited by inability to tell details. (Cf. J1153.1.) Bribed witnesses nonplussed when judge asks wrong question Witness claims not to have seen crime

Carried in tale types

Flight of the Woman and her Lover from the Stable · ATU 1360B 1 recorded variant
The Blood-brother's Wife · ATU 1364 1 recorded variant
The Clergyman and the Sexton Steal a Cow · ATU 1790 1 recorded variant

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