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Motif

Competition in friendship: prisoner and jailor. Officer in charge of prison offers to let his friend escape, though his own life will be forfeited. The friend refuses; tells officer to let king think he has escaped and if the king demands his life the officer can produce the prisoner. King hears of the generosity and forgives the prisoner.

Society. · Other social relationships. · Friendship. · view the constellation · filed as P315.1

Cited in the index
  • general Chauvin V I No. 1.
Within the index

Filed under Friends offer to die for each other. (Bürgschaft.) Each falsely confesses crime so as to save the other. Neither guilty. Often combined with P325.

Filed beside it
Friend gives false witness to set free his accused friend

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