Motif
Bodisat in animal embodiment
bodisat_in_animal_embodiment
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Bodies and Soul Transmigration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VI. / PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD. / TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS.; lines 2939-3001 confidence: medium
Animal and bird labels include monkey, deer, lion, wild duck, snipe, elephant, cock, eagle, horse, bull, peacock, iguana, fish, rat, jackal, crow, woodpecker, pig, dog, water-fowl, frog, hare, kite, and jungle cock.
Several counted categories are animals, including monkey, deer, lion, wild duck, elephant, serpent, fish, dog, frog, hare, and others.
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