Motif
hero's incomplete victory leaves antagonist alive
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A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Aftermath and Spoils. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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: medium
The old woman praises Watanabe's fight and asks to see the ogre's arm; Watanabe refuses, explaining that ogres are revengeful and that opening the box may let the ogre appear and carry off the arm.
Watanabe says he wished to capture the monster rather than only cut off its arm, and the ogre later escapes with the arm.
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