Wisdom of child decides lawsuit. King in disguise sees child's game which represents the case

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Wisdom of child decides lawsuit. King in disguise sees child's game which represents the case.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom learned from children. · view the constellation · filed as J123

Filed across the traditions

Japanese Ikeda.
general *Wesselski "Der Knabenkönig und das kluge Mädchen" (Sudetendeutsche Zs. f. Vksk. [1930] Beiheft 1) passim
general *Chauvin V 86 No. 26 n. 1
general DeVries FFC LXXIII 323ff.
general Scala Celi No. 895

Within the index

Filed under Wisdom learned from children.

1 finer motif beneath it

Clever prince overrules seemingly just decisions of king

Filed beside it

Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age. Man gives his old father half a carpet to keep him warm. Child keeps the other half and tells his father that he is keeping it for him when he grows old Naïve remark of child: "You forgot to strike mother." A father in habit of beating his wife remarks that he has forgot something. The child says, "I know. You forgot to strike mother." Learning the virtue of patience from children. When their meals are stolen, they quietly search for them Parents's misdeeds innocently betrayed by children

Carried in tale types

The Son of the King and the Son of the Smith · ATU 920 2 recorded variants
The Case of the Boiled Eggs (previously The Daughter of the King and the Son of the Peasant) · ATU 920A 1 recorded variant

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