Motif
speaking animal confesses minor transgression
speaking_animal_confesses_minor_transgression
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal-Fable Households, Enmities, and Speaking Creatures. 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 PREFACE / JAPANESE FAIRY TALES / MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW; lines 396-507 confidence: high
“It is I who have taken the starch. I thought it was some food put out for me in that basin, and I ate it all.”
The sparrow speaks, admits eating the starch because she mistook it for food, and asks forgiveness.
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