Motif
Guarded monster body part recovered from sealed container
guarded_monster_body_part_recovered_from_sealed_container
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. 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 THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON; lines 6883-6997 confidence: high
Watanabe fears the living ogre will seek the arm, has a strong iron-banded wooden box made, places the arm inside, seals the lid, and keeps it in his room.
Watanabe locks the ogre’s severed arm in a strong box, but the ogre deceives him into opening it and recovers the arm.
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