Motif
Accidental encounter with supernatural beings in a wild place
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A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7000-7120 confidence: high
On a mountain pass, rain and thunder overtake the old man; he finds shelter in a large hole in a hollow tree trunk.
The old man is stranded by a storm in a hollow tree on a mountain pass and unexpectedly sees a company of demons.
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