Motif
Bodisat in animal form
bodisat_in_animal_form
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. 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
Middle entries include monkey 18, merchant 13, man of property 12, deer 11, lion 10, wild duck 8, snipe 6, elephant 6, cock 5, slave 5, eagle 5, horse 4, bull 4, Brahma 4, peacock 4, and serpent 4.
Numerous listed character categories are animals, including monkey, deer, lion, elephant, serpent, fish, crow, dog, frog, hare, and others.
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