Plea by shifting blame to another — Mythoi

Motif

Plea by shifting blame to another.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever pleading. · view the constellation · filed as J1166

Within the index

Filed under Clever pleading.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Barber operating on child's skin kills it: blames mother for child's thin skin When royal mace-bearer is attacked he throws away mace: attackers accuse him of insult to king

Filed beside it

Literal pleading: letter of law has been met Plea by admitting accusation and discomfiting accuser Pleading for accused by means of parable Clever pleading: fighting for King of Kings. Knight hailed before king for fighting blasphemer, tells king that he would fight to protect the honor of the king's name so why not for the name of the King of Kings? Plea by showing great temptation to crime Clever pleading – miscellaneous

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