Motif
filial piety revealed through misunderstanding
filial_piety_revealed_through_misunderstanding
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 FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 3502-3611 confidence: high
The father recognizes the mirror as the gift he brought her mother from the capital; the daughter explains her mother’s last words and promise to meet her when she looked into the glass.
The mirror misunderstanding causes the father to recognize the daughter’s devotion to her dead mother and praise her filial piety.
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