Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Hidden animal burial ground reveals abundance

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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Animal and Nature Helpers. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamicate folklore

  • The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4587-4685 confidence: high

    The elephant sets the narrator on his feet; the herd leaves; he finds himself on the side of a great hill strewn with elephant bones and tusks.

    The narrator is brought to a hill strewn with elephant bones and tusks and identifies it as the elephants' burying place, containing more tusks than he could carry away.

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