Motif
plotter destroyed by his own destructive device
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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japanese
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Japanese Fairy Tales THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE; lines 5926-6019 confidence: high
The wind changes direction and blows the fire away from Yamato Take, who escapes unharmed; the rising gale overtakes the governor, who burns in the flames he had set.
The governor is burned to death in the flames he had set to kill Yamato Take.
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