Motif
punitive fire trap
punitive_fire_trap
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hell and Punitive Fire. 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 MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1301-1411 confidence: high
On the way home, the rabbit makes the badger walk first, ignites his bundle of grass with flint and steel, explains the noises as Crackling Mountain and Burning Mountain, and the badger runs home with his back burned.
The rabbit sets fire to the badger's grass bundle while the badger carries it, causing burns.
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