Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Inexhaustible feast

inexhaustible_feast

A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


mongol

  • Gessar Khan IDA ZEITLIN. / CONTENTS / VII. OF THE TREACHERY OF THE VILE CHOTONG, WHEREBY THE / CAPTIVITY; lines 816-946 confidence: high

    Yoro invites the alwins to eat. They feast for seven days without exhausting the hares or tea, and their steeds can no longer bear their increased weight.

    The alwins eat and drink for seven days while the mountain hares remain whole and the cauldron remains full of tea.

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