Motif
animal-centered moral tales
animal_centered_moral_tales
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 PART I. / PART II. / SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES.; lines 276-361 confidence: medium
Animal-centered titles include “The Banyan Deer,” “The Greedy Antelope,” “The Deer who would not Learn,” “The Cunning Deer,” “The Monkeys and the Demon,” “The Dog who turned Preacher,” horse, elephant, bull, ox, pig, peacock, quail, fish, bird, partridge, and crane titles.
Many listed titles center animals, and some combine animal subjects with moral or social framing, such as mercy, learning, cunning, quarrel, wisdom, cruelty, or being outwitted.
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