• Judge and tribunal of the gods. A169.1
• Gods and men judge each other. A187
• God as judge of men. A187.1
• Judges in the upper world. A669.1
• Judges in the lower world. A675
• Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.) A2255.2
• Bird council assigns place and work to all. Eagle as judge. (Cf. B232). B238.1
• Animal as judge. B274
• Disenchantment as proof of truth. The prodigy convinces judge that witness is speaking truth. D797
• Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment. A severe judgment is rendered for a small offence. As the convicted man is being led away, a dead (dried) fish is heard to laugh. The fish reveals that he has laughed at the foolishness of the judge who, while he punishes minor offences severely, is unable to see the capital crimes in his own household. (Cf. D1281.) D1318.2.1
• Souls of Irish to be judged by St. Patrick on Judgment Day. (Cf. Q173.) E751.3
• Devil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judge. G303.22.11
• False judgment by judge causes fruit to fall. Just judgment by judge causes fruit to be perfect. H251.3.10
• Test of paternity: shooting at father's corpse. Youngest of supposed sons refuses to shoot and is judged the only genuine son of dead emperor. H486.2
• Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solve H542
• Trial rehearsed before stick in the ground as judge. J161
• Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just. J167
• Judge not that you be not judged: thus judge upbraided when he is later accused in court and claims mercy. J571.6
• Fox refuses to mediate between lion and lioness. Lion decides to abandon lioness because of her bad odor. Ass, hog, and fox as judges. Ass says she has bad odor: lioness slaps him. Hog says she has not: lion slaps him. Fox says that he has a bad cold and cannot smell. J811.2
• Judge should possess humility and modesty. J904

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• ATU 122K* The Wolf as Judge (previously Wolf Acts as Judge before Eating the Rams)
• ATU 1345 Greasing the Judge's Palms
• ATU 1355A* Unfaithful Wife as Judge
• ATU 1861 Anecdotes about Judges
• ATU 926A The Clever Judge and the Demon in the Pot
• ATU 926D The Judge Appropriates the Object of Dispute
• ATU 927 Out-riddling the Judge