Motif
Divine intervention triggered by a crisis sign
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 16555-16665 confidence: high
At critical moments in religious legends, Sakka’s seat becomes warm; he descends or sends Vissakamma, the Buddhist Vulcan, to act as a deus ex machina.
Sakka’s warm seat signals critical moments and leads to divine intervention by Sakka or Vissakamma.
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