Motif
selective miraculous rain
selective_miraculous_rain
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 7117-7218 confidence: high
A thunder-cloud rains; copper-coloured water goes beneath the earth, and the rain wets only those who wish to be wet, astonishing the assembly.
The shower wets those who wish to be wet and leaves unwetted those who do not wish it, causing astonishment.
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The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Vol. VI J. VI. 13 / J. VI. 10 / J. VI. 16 / VESSANTARA-JATAKA.; lines 14614-14668 confidence: high
A great cloud bursts in red, loud rain; those who want to be wet are wetted, while those who do not want it receive no drops; witnesses call it a marvel and a sign of the Buddhas' power.
A great red, loud shower of rain wets only those who wish to be wet and leaves unwilling persons untouched.
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