Motif
Abducted captives guide rescuer through hidden entrance
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A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH; lines 6647-6752 confidence: high
The damsels say they are daughters of Daimios, captives of the Demon King, taken from their homes, forced to serve him, and afraid he will kill and eat them.
The captive daughters of Daimios reveal a small back door into the castle after Momotaro promises to rescue them.
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