Motif
shipwrecked outsider acquires a magical object on an island
shipwrecked_outsider_acquires_a_magical_object_on_an_island
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 740-872 confidence: medium
A man from Kāsi, expelled from home, serves sailors, survives a shipwreck with a plank, reaches the island, sees the sleeping boar while looking for fruit, and quietly takes the gem.
The expelled man survives a shipwreck, reaches the island, finds the sleeping boar, and steals the magical gem.
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