Blood smeared on innocent person brings accusation of murder.
Deceptions. · False accusations. · Innocent made to appear guilty. · view the constellation · filed as K2155.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Spanish Espinosa II No. 89, India: *Thompson-Balys
- general *Types 652, 712
- general *BF I 18 n. 1
- general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 369 No. 20. See also all references to K2116.1.1. West Indies: Flowers 536.
Within the index
Filed under Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed.
1 finer motif beneath it
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- The Prince whose Wishes Always Come True · ATU 652 20 recorded variants
- The Ghoulish Schoolmaster and the Stone of Pity · ATU 894 2 recorded variants
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