Motif
hungry traveller received by a hospitable host
hungry_traveller_received_by_a_hospitable_host
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
persian
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XXVIII / XXXIII / XXXIV / XXXVI; lines 1998-2018 confidence: high
A dervish comes to stay at the house of a hospitable master; the guests are learned and witty men repeating jests or anecdotes.
The dervish arrives after desert travel, is nearly famished, and is received in a house explicitly described as hospitable.
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The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan XXVIII / XXXIII / XXXIV / XXXVI; lines 1998-2018 confidence: high
A dervish comes to lodge where the master of the house is hospitable.
The passage centers on a famished dervish arriving after desert travel at the home of a hospitable man and being given food.
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