Motif
fatal flawed vessel
fatal_flawed_vessel
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Flawed, Insatiable, and Trapping Vessels. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1413-1523 confidence: high
The rabbit keeps the wooden boat, gives the badger the clay boat, proposes a rowing race, refuses help when the clay dissolves, says he is avenging the old woman’s murder, strikes the badger, and the badger sinks.
The badger’s boat is made of clay and dissolves in water, causing him to sink.
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