Motif
retributive punishment of an unrepentant wrongdoer
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 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 5403-5452 confidence: high
The young crab confronts the helpless monkey about murdering his father; the monkey blames the father; the crab cuts off the monkey’s head, and the narration states that the father’s death is avenged.
The monkey is accused of murder, responds by denying responsibility, and is killed; the narrator calls the punishment well-merited.
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