Motif
Aerial animal transport conditional on silence
aerial_animal_transport_conditional_on_silence
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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buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 476-594 confidence: high
The wild ducks say they can carry the tortoise if he holds his tongue; he agrees, bites a stick, and the ducks take the two ends in their teeth and fly into the air.
The wild ducks can carry the tortoise only if he holds his tongue; he is carried on a stick through the air and falls when he speaks.
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