Motif
Dying mother’s moral injunction to child
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Family and Kinship Order. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1946-2051 confidence: high
When Hase-Hime is five, Murasaki becomes fatally ill and tells her daughter to grow up good, obey her father and any second wife, be submissive to superiors, and be kind to those under her.
Murasaki’s deathbed speech gives Hase-Hime instructions for filial obedience and kindness, and Hase-Hime promises to follow them.
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