Motif
destructive passion leading to death
destructive_passion_leading_to_death
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Desire, Pleasure, and Excess. 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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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE. / END OF THE STORY ABOUT TRUE DIVINITY. / END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BANYAN DEER.; lines 9749-9823 confidence: high
A king reigns in Magadha; deer suffer at harvest and go to the mountain forest. A mountain stag befriends a roe from inhabited country and follows her because of love, despite her warning that the inhabited country is dangerous.
The stag follows the roe because of love despite warning and is killed; the tree fairy explicitly says lust brought him to death.
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