Motif
avenging a murdered parent
avenging_a_murdered_parent
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Feud. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5403-5452 confidence: high
The young crab confronts the helpless monkey about murdering his father; the monkey blames the father; the crab cuts off the monkey’s head, and the narration states that the father’s death is avenged.
The young crab explicitly identifies the monkey as his father’s murderer and kills him; the narration states that the young crab avenged his father’s death.
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