Scheherazade: story with indefinite sequels told to stave off execution

Motif

Scheherazade: story with indefinite sequels told to stave off execution.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever means of avoiding legal punishment. · view the constellation · filed as J1185.1

Cited in the index

general *Chauvin V 190 No. 111.

Within the index

Filed under Execution escaped by story-telling. Cf. Browning's "Balaustion's Adventure."

Carried in tale types

Storytelling Saves a Wife from Death (Sheherazade) · ATU 875B* 1 recorded variant

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