Motif
Mutual false praise for advantage
mutual_false_praise_for_advantage
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Deceptive Speech, Voices, and False Claims. 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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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 596-738 confidence: high
The Jackal and the Crow is introduced as a tale told against Devadatta and Kokālika, who praised each other for virtues neither possessed.
Devadatta and Kokālika are framed as praising each other falsely, and the jackal and crow flatter one another before eating fruit together.
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