Motif
Monster remains transformed into fearsome war instruments
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Divine and Named Weapons. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India / WARNING / CONTENTS / THE GIANT CRAB; lines 134-220 confidence: high
Only the crab's hard claws remain; a flood carries them into a river and to a great city, where the king's sons make two immense war drums from them, whose sound frightens enemies away.
The crab's claws survive, are carried to a city, and are made into war drums whose sound frightens enemies.
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