Motif
Dangerous opening of a protected container
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A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. 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 WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON; lines 6883-6997 confidence: high
The old woman praises Watanabe’s fight at Rashomon and asks to see the arm; Watanabe refuses, saying ogres are revengeful and the ogre might appear and carry off the arm if the box is opened.
Watanabe repeatedly refuses to open the box because the ogre may reclaim the arm, but after he opens it the disguised ogre does exactly that.
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