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
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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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