ATU 926C Cases Solved in a Manner Worthy of Solomon

ATU 926C

Cases Solved in a Manner Worthy of Solomon

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Confession obtained by a ruse. 1 variant
Guilty person deceived into gesture (act) which admits guilt. 1 variant
"Guilty man's stick will grow during night." Guilty man chops end off stick. 1 variant
Witnesses to make image of diamond they claim to have seen. 1 variant
Not the same purse as was lost. Finder of a purse containing 800 gulden returns it to owner for reward. Latter says that purse had 900 gulden in it. In court. Decision: The rich man speaks truth. The purse found is not the one he lost. The finder may keep it. 1 variant
Thread awarded to disputant who knows what it was wound on. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.