Motif
Cannibal monster’s hidden lair
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A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. 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 ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD / THE GOBLIN OF ADACHIGAHARA; lines 3740-3793 confidence: high
The room is full of dead men’s bones, human blood covers the walls and floor, skulls and limb bones are piled up, and the man is overcome with horror.
The forbidden room contains human bones and blood, and the priest fears the old woman will eat him as a cannibal goblin.
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