Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

birth beside a responsive sacred tree

birth_beside_a_responsive_sacred_tree

A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5332-5432 confidence: medium

    The Lumbini grove of sal-trees lies between the towns and is full of fruits, flowers, bees, and birds; the queen wishes to enter it.

    The birth occurs in the Lumbini sal-tree grove, where the monarch sal-tree branch bends within reach and is held by the queen during delivery.

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