Motif
natural fruit turned into a lethal weapon
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Cursed and Fatal Objects. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5182-5293 confidence: medium
After the crab complains, the monkey throws hard green persimmons at him until he drops dead at the foot of the tree he planted.
The monkey uses hard unripe persimmons from the crab's own tree as missiles and kills the crab.
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