Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine aid through a sacred weapon

divine_aid_through_a_sacred_weapon

A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


japanese

  • Japanese Fairy Tales THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 6021-6126 confidence: medium

    Yamato Take credits his escape to the sword of Murakumo and Amaterasu’s protection, raises the sword, and renames it Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cleaving Sword.

    Yamato Take credits his escape to the virtue of the sword and Amaterasu’s protection, then ritually renames the sword.

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