Motif
flood-borne shared refuge
flood_borne_shared_refuge
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Arks, Floating Refuges, Islands, and Tree Refuges. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE / THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE; lines 1202-1311 confidence: medium
At the river during a dark storm, the prince abuses his servants; they throw him into the strong current and later tell the king a flood carried him away.
A flood carries the prince, snake, rat, and parrot together on an uprooted tree until the hermit rescues them.
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