Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson M12 — Irrevocable sentence carried out even when innocence is proved

M12
Thompson motif reference
M
Ordaining the Future
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Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Irrevocable sentence carried out even when innocence is proved. A knight condemned for murdering his comrade is met by the latter on the way to the gallows. A centurion leads them to the emperor, who condemns all three to death: first because he has been sentenced; second for causing by his absence the conviction of his comrade; third for delay in the execution. Oesterley No. 140; Herbert III 208.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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