Motif
Single mighty feat proves exceptional strength
single_mighty_feat_proves_exceptional_strength
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Strength, Weapon Skill, and Extraordinary Feats. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
-
Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE BHOJA THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY.; lines 11363-11492 confidence: medium
For the second wager, the Brāhman prepares the carts, strokes Nandi Visāla, calls him “my beauty,” and the bull drags the one hundred heavily laden carts; the cattle-owner pays two thousand and bystanders add gifts, all becoming the Brāhman’s property.
Nandi Visāla pulls one hundred heavily laden carts with one mighty effort after the second wager.
read in the book →