King frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassin — Mythoi

Motif

King frees man sent by rival king to kill him. He sees bravery in the would-be assassin.

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P15.5

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.

Within the index

Filed under Adventures of kings.

Filed beside it

Disguised king punished by peasant. Beaten because he does not get up early enough. (King Alfred and the cakes.) King demands subject's wife for himself King loses his kingdom to impostor. (Cf. K1934.1.) King is cursed by disguised dwarf-smiths whose work he criticised King descends to bottom of sea in glass barrel to study ways of fishes King himself works at brick building so that subjects cannot complain of enforced labor Subjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor

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