Motif
cosmic animal support causing earthquakes
cosmic_animal_support_causing_earthquakes
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature AFTER A BATHE. / BOYS WITH RAIN-CAPES. / BUDDHIST MONK. / COUNTING ON THE FINGERS; lines 2642-2761 confidence: high
Monks teach a non-Western geography: the flat world is one of four islands, with a sacred mountain in the middle resting on an enormous fish whose tail-biting and shaking causes great earthquakes.
The sacred mountain rests on an enormous fish; when the fish bites its tail and shakes, the mountain and islands tremble, producing great earthquakes.
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