Motif
animal inadvertently reveals escape route
animal_inadvertently_reveals_escape_route
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4109-4187 confidence: high
The narrator hears a breathing form, follows it through a cranny and narrow rock passage, sees increasing light, emerges at the seashore, and concludes a small animal showed the escape route.
A small animal flees through a hidden cranny, and following it leads the narrator to freedom.
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