Motif
animal theft of a royal ornament
animal_theft_of_a_royal_ornament
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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More Jataka Tales XIX PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS / XX BEAUTY AND BROWNIE / XXI THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG / THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS; lines 166-262 confidence: high
A Girl Monkey in a nearby tree watches the queen put her pearl string in a box and waits for the servant in charge to sleep.
A Girl Monkey steals the queen’s string of pearls from a guarded jewel-box and hides it in a tree.
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