Motif
Animal court investigation identifies the holder of a lost object
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Exposure, Judgment, and Punishment. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA / THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR / THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER; lines 4217-4334 confidence: high
Ryn Jin summons many sea creatures and tells them that the visitor is Hohodemi, the august grandson of Amaterasu, who has come to the bottom of the sea seeking the stolen or missing hook.
Sea creatures assemble before their king; the cuttlefish infers the red bream's involvement, and the hook is found in the red bream's throat.
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