Motif
character shaped by overheard speech
character_shaped_by_overheard_speech
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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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Jataka tales THE MEASURE OF RICE / THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT / THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT / THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE; lines 1088-1149 confidence: high
Robbers speak near Girly-face’s stall about breaking into houses, killing those who wake, being cruel, showing no pity, and never being good; Girly-face decides they are teaching him how to act.
Girly-face first imitates the robbers’ cruel talk and later imitates the good men’s moral talk, changing behavior in each case.
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