Motif
mixed parentage produces divided traits
mixed_parentage_produces_divided_traits
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
-
The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India SPEND A POUND TO WIN A PENNY / THE CUNNING CRANE AND THE CRAB / UNION IS STRENGTH / SILENCE IS GOLDEN; lines 1843-1879 confidence: high
Title and opening: a Lion and she-jackal have a cub; the cub looks like his lion sire in body but has his dam's voice, and he seems lion-like if silent.
The cub inherits lion-like outward features from his sire and jackal-like voice from his dam.
read in the book →