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Motifs
- God rebukes mortal. A182.3.2
- Magician rebukes secret usury. D1810.0.2.1
- Man rebukes servants for telling him of his wife's unfaithfulness. J221.1.2
- Intemperance in service. Emperor rebukes overzealous servant as being a nuisance. J554
- Eagle warns shepherds that wolf is eating sheep. Crow rebukes eagle for thus imperiling his own food supply. J715.1
- The abbot's luxury and the cardinal's. Cardinal rebukes abbot for living in luxury beyond that of the founder of his order. Abbot asks cardinal if the cardinals of St. Peter traveled in the luxury he does. J1263.4.1
- Show me how it is done. Wronged woman thus addresses ruler, who is indifferent to insults directed at him. She wishes to be shown how to bear insults. This rebukes him. J1284.1
- Maid rebukes pilgrim for eating too much. "If both of us had been present at the miracle of the loaves and fishes you would have eaten me too!" Pilgrim: "I wouldn't have eaten you but I would have chewed on you a bit!" J1346
- One absurdity rebukes another. J1530
- Absurdity of entrusting military mission to bishop. Courtier rebukes king by asking that he be given an ecclesiastical post. J1536.1
- One absurdity rebukes another – miscellaneous. J1539
- Host rebukes negligent servant. J1573
- Husband surprises wife and paramour. Rebukes them for not shutting the door. K1569.2
- Infant saint rebukes mother's impiety. T585.4
- Monk rebukes brethren who succumb to temptation. When he is exposed to it he understands what temptation is. U231.1