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Motifs
- Judges in the upper world. A669.1
- Judges in the lower world. A675
- 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
- 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
- The bribed judge's ancestors. Clever animal says in court that she drops dung on ancestors of judges who take bribes (unless they confess). Judges confess. J1192.3
- King hastily has 7,000 people put to death for stoning his judges to death. N340.2
- Jackals as judges. P421.1
- Youngest of judges first to give decision. P516
- Unjust judges punished in hell. Q265.1.1
- Foreigner wonders why city with so many judges has not been destroyed. X332
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