Motif
successive animal and object helpers punish offender
successive_animal_and_object_helpers_punish_offender
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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: medium
The monkey approaches the charcoal fireplace and boiling kettle; a chestnut hidden in the ashes bursts out and hits him in the neck.
A chestnut, a bee, and a stone mortar with stones each attack the monkey before the young crab completes the punishment.
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