Fair is fair : [electronic resource] world folktales of justice / Sharon Creeden.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223).

When mercy seasons justice : The stolen smells (United States). Solomon's judgment (Israel). Ooka and the wasted wisdom (Japan). The warmth of a fire (Jewish). The fisherman and the king's chamberlain (Burma). Ali Cogia, merchant of Baghdad (Arabia). The quality of mercy (Morocco). The pear seed (China). -- A parliament of animals : Judge coyote (Mexico). Why owl comes out at night (Burma). Whose fault was it? (Malaysia). The otters and the fox (India). Coyote and horned toad (Navajo). Whose children? (Africa). The bell of Atri (Italy). -- Some are wise; some are otherwise : A bargain is a bargain (Ireland). General Moulton and the devil (Colonial America). The lawyer's advice (Denmark). A robber I will be (Majorca). Anansi drinks boiling water (Jamaica). Sharing crops (United States). The money tree (Apache). The thief who slid down a moonbeam (Turkey). -- Murder will out : The bright sun will bring it to light (Germany). Condemned to the noose (Colonial America). The singing breastbone (Scotland). The rose elf (Denmark). Mr. Fox (England). The furies (Ancient Greece). The stoning (Morocco).