Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

unequal paired boats prepared for a lethal fishing trick

unequal_paired_boats_prepared_for_a_lethal_fishing_trick

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Escapes from Captors and Countertraps. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


japanese

  • Japanese Fairy Tales MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1301-1411 confidence: medium

    After the badger recovers, the rabbit thinks of another plan to kill him, talks about fishing, agrees to take the badger, and builds two boats, one of wood and one of clay.

    The rabbit plans the badger's death, invites him into a fishing outing, and builds one wooden boat and one clay boat.

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