Motif
commanded weapon executes distant killing
commanded_weapon_executes_distant_killing
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. 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 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 874-988 confidence: high
The man exchanges the gem for the hermit’s hatchet and commands: “O hatchet! cut off that hermit’s head, and bring the gem to me!”
The hatchet acts after being released and commanded, killing hermits and the king and returning objects or heads.
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