King substitutes for condemned man when he is told that whoever is executed that day is destined to become king in his next birth

Motif

King substitutes for condemned man when he is told that whoever is executed that day is destined to become king in his next birth.

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 J1189.3

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Clever means of avoiding legal punishment – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Youth will answer question only when king places him on throne: then youth calls executioners to punish cruel king Execution escaped by threatening with malediction

Carried in tale types

The Innocent Man Condemned to Death (previously The Innocent Man Chosen to Fit the Stake [Noose]) · ATU 1534A 4 recorded variants

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