Tidings brought to the king: You said it, not I. The messenger arranges it so that the king says the words in the form of a question

Motif

Tidings brought to the king: You said it, not I. The messenger arranges it so that the king says the words in the form of a question.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · view the constellation · filed as J1675.2.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Icelandic*Boberg
SpanishBoggs FFC XC 111 No. 925B.
general *Anderson FFC XLII 362

Within the index

Filed under Clever ways of breaking bad news to a king, who will kill bearer of bad tidings.

Carried in tale types

Tidings for the King (previously Tidings Brought to the King, 'You Said it, not I') · ATU 9251 recorded variant

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