Motif
Sudden bodily affliction in a liminal tomb setting
sudden_bodily_affliction_in_a_liminal_tomb_setting
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Loss as Illness and Therapeutic Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XVII. / AUTUMN FLOODS. / CHAPTER XVIII. / PERFECT HAPPINESS.; lines 7491-7622 confidence: medium
A hunchback and a one-legged man look at the tombs of departed heroes on the K'un-lun Mountains, where the Yellow Emperor rests; loathsome ulcers suddenly break out on their left elbows.
Ulcers suddenly appear on two physically marked men while they are at the tombs of departed heroes.
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