Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Demonic storyteller frame

demonic_storyteller_frame

A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 ON THE HISTORY OF THE BIRTH STORIES IN INDIA. / T. W. RHYS DAVIDS. / TABLE I. / INDIAN WORKS.; lines 2337-2496 confidence: medium

    The Vetāla Pañca Viṃṣati is identified as twenty-five stories told by a Vetāla, or demon, with a Sanskrit text location and a Greek version noted.

    The Vetāla Pañca Viṃṣati is described as twenty-five stories told by a Vetāla, or demon.

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