Motif
deceptive flattery exposed and rejected
deceptive_flattery_exposed_and_rejected
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Falsehood and False Teaching. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO / THE LION AND THE BOAR / THE GOBLIN CITY / LACKNOSE; lines 2438-2518 confidence: high
The first boy greets the gardener and recites a verse saying the gardener's nose will grow like hair and whiskers, then asks for a posy.
The gardener recognizes the first two boys' attempts as rude or tricking speech and refuses them.
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