Father leaves sons three jewels – Christianity, Judaism, Mohammedanism. All to be used. (Cf. J1262.9.)

Motif

Father leaves sons three jewels – Christianity, Judaism, Mohammedanism. All to be used. (Cf. J1262.9.)

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Unnecessary choices. · view the constellation · filed as J462.3.1

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Italian Novella*Rotunda
Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas IV 150, 281.
general *Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXXIII–XXXIV 70
general Boccaccio Decameron I No. 3 (*Lee 6)

Within the index

Filed under Unnecessary choice of religion.

1 finer motif beneath it

Father gives son three rings. Only one is good although they all look the same. Same with religions

Travels with

Three true faiths. Ruler trying to confiscate Jew's money asks him which is the true faith. "There are three, the one which the Lord knows is right and the two his children think are right." (Cf. H659.5.1, J462.3.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Three Rings · ATU 920E1 recorded variant

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