Motif
repair of damaged sky and heavenly support
repair_of_damaged_sky_and_heavenly_support
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family, within the sub-family Cosmic Bearers and Sky Supports. 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 STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH / THE OGRE OF RASHOMON / HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN; lines 7485-7562 confidence: high
Jokwa has subjects collect five-colored stones, boils them with porcelain in a caldron, and produces a paste for mending the sky.
Jokwa mends a broken corner of the sky and restores a broken pillar of Heaven.
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