Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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

  • 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.

    read in the book