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Motifs
- Clever ways of breaking bad news to a king, who will kill bearer of bad tidings. J1675.2
- Tidings brought to the king: You said it, not I. The messenger arranges it so that the king says the words in the form of a question. J1675.2.1
- False tidings of one's own death in order to be able to leave without notice. K1864
- False tidings of another's death in order to secure his bride. K1864.1
- Law that nobody may give the king bad tidings. P14.9