Motif
contrasting kind and cruel elders
contrasting_kind_and_cruel_elders
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Virtue and vice, truth and falsehood, and social reversal. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW; lines 396-507 confidence: high
Long ago in Japan, an old man and his wife are introduced; he is kind, hard-working, and childless, while she is cross and scolding.
The old man is kind to the sparrow and grieves for her, while the old woman dislikes the bird and injures her.
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