Motif
animal friends rescue one another
animal_friends_rescue_one_another
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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More Jataka Tales THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS / THE THREE FISHES / THE TRICKY WOLF AND THE RATS / THE WOODPECKER, TURTLE, AND DEER; lines 360-453 confidence: high
The Woodpecker and Turtle come to help; the Woodpecker tells the Turtle to gnaw the leather trap while she keeps the hunter away.
The Woodpecker and Turtle save the trapped Deer, and the Deer later saves the captured Turtle.
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