Motif
inexhaustible food and drink vessels
inexhaustible_food_and_drink_vessels
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Nourishing, Healing, and Renewing Vessels. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic irish (1) · japanese (1)
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE BEST MEN OF THE FIANNA / BOOK TWO: FINN'S HELPERS / CHAPTER I. THE LAD OF THE SKINS / CHAPTER II. BLACK, BROWN, AND GREY; lines 6714-6821 confidence: high
Dubh and Bran follow a bright light to a large house where strange men drink from a cup said to have been taken from Finn a hundred years earlier and able to provide each man his desired drink; Dubh takes it and returns as his log burns out.
The cup gives each drinker whatever drink he desires, and the knife and bone produce the best meat in the world.
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japanese
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Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things THE STORY OF AOYAGI / JIU-ROKU-ZAKURA / RIKI-BAKA / HI-MAWARI; lines 2655-2729 confidence: medium
The people of Hōrai eat from very small rice bowls that never diminish until the eater desires no more, and drink from cups that cannot be emptied until intoxication comes.
The passage describes very small bowls and cups that cannot be exhausted until the eater or drinker is satisfied or intoxicated.
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