Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal fattened for celebratory slaughter

animal_fattened_for_celebratory_slaughter

A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Jataka tales THE BANYAN DEER / THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE / THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT / THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG; lines 1392-1424 confidence: high

    The farmer’s only daughter is soon to be married, and her mother orders that the Pig be fattened for the wedding feast.

    The Pig is fattened for the wedding feast and then killed and cooked for it.

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