Motif
dangerous trophy kept in a sealed container
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A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Sealed Containers of Beings and Dangerous Contents. 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 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
Watanabe is praised as a hero after showing the ogre's arm; he has a strong wooden, iron-banded box made, seals the arm inside, and keeps it in his room under his own charge.
Watanabe stores the ogre's arm in a strong, iron-banded box and refuses to open it because he fears the ogre may appear and reclaim the arm.
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