Motif
Flood-caused isolation
flood_caused_isolation
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Floodwaters, Deluge, and Flood Damage. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE GRATEFUL BEASTS AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL / THE FOOLISH FARMER AND THE KING / THE PIOUS WOLF; lines 1489-1529 confidence: medium
A flood surrounds a large rock where a wolf has been sleeping; on waking, he finds himself imprisoned with no way off and nothing to eat.
The flood creates the initial situation by trapping the wolf on a rock with no food.
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