Motif
Animal companions join heroic expedition
animal_companions_join_heroic_expedition
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance 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 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 6371-6508 confidence: high
The dog’s manner changes; he bows low, apologizes, asks to become a follower, receives half a rice-cake from Momotaro, and follows him.
The dog becomes Momotaro’s follower, and the monkey asks to accompany him after hearing of the expedition.
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