Motif
misheard natural sound as cosmic disaster
misheard_natural_sound_as_cosmic_disaster
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Illusion, Daydream, and Mistaken Reality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Jataka tales THE SANDY ROAD / THE QUARREL OF THE QUAILS / THE MEASURE OF RICE / THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT; lines 847-946 confidence: high
Monkeys drop a coconut; it falls behind the rabbit, and he hears the noise.
The rabbit hears the coconut fall and interprets the sound as the earth breaking up.
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