Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

repentance followed by restored household welfare

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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Repentance and Mercy. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


japanese

  • Japanese Fairy Tales JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD; lines 728-854 confidence: medium

    The old woman repents of her cross, unkind ways; the couple live happily and carefully spend the treasure the old man received from the tongue-cut sparrow.

    The old woman repents, becomes good, and the couple live happily and without want using the sparrow's treasure.

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