Motif
Helpless young animal saved without physical escape
helpless_young_animal_saved_without_physical_escape
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. 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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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12480-12610 confidence: high
The Bodisat is born as a quail in Magadha, comes out of the shell, is kept in the nest, is fed by his parents, and cannot fly or walk.
The young quail cannot fly or walk, is abandoned by his parents, and survives through the Act of Truth rather than bodily flight.
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