Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

community restored after deceiver's death

community_restored_after_deceiver_s_death

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • More Jataka Tales XXI THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG / THE GIRL MONKEY AND THE STRING OF PEARLS / THE THREE FISHES / THE TRICKY WOLF AND THE RATS; lines 307-358 confidence: medium

    The Chief Rat exposes the wolf's trick, bites the wolf's throat so that he dies, and afterward the rats live happily in peace and quiet.

    After the Chief Rat kills the wolf, the rats live happily in peace and quiet.

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