Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

captive herd enclosed for royal hunting

captive_herd_enclosed_for_royal_hunting

A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship 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 END OF THE STORY OF CHULLAKA THE TREASURER. / END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE. / END OF THE STORY ABOUT TRUE DIVINITY. / END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE.; lines 9506-9618 confidence: high

    The king of Benares is devoted to hunting and disrupts the townspeople’s work, so they plan to stock a park with grass and water, drive deer into it, close the gate, and provide them to the king.

    The townspeople stock a park, drive deer into it, close the gate, and deliver them to the hunting king, after which deer are shot and killed.

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