Motif
Child avenges murdered parent
child_avenges_murdered_parent
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. 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 HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5295-5401 confidence: high
The young crab resolves to avenge his father, examines the persimmon tree area, notices missing fruit, peel, seeds, and thrown unripe persimmons, remembers the rice-dumpling and persimmon-seed story, and concludes that the monkey killed his father.
The young crab determines that his father was murdered and makes revenge his duty.
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