Motif
animal chase leads to hidden treasure
animal_chase_leads_to_hidden_treasure
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature THE STORY OF AI-KAWK-HO / THE STORY OF A WITCH / THE GOLDEN GOOSE / THE POOR MAN; lines 11312-11359 confidence: high
On the road he chases an iguana into a ground hole, digs, and finds three pots full of gold and three pots full of silver, too heavy to carry with the oil.
The man chases an iguana into a hole, digs there, and unexpectedly finds pots of gold and silver.
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