Motif
ungrateful ruler betrays rescuer
ungrateful_ruler_betrays_rescuer
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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More Jataka Tales THE LION IN BAD COMPANY / XVIII / THE WISE GOAT AND THE WOLF / PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS; lines 1381-1518 confidence: high
A poor man in a hut near the river hears the prince crying, swims out, and pushes the log to the bank.
The prince is saved by the poor man, resents him, pretends gratitude, and later as king plans to kill him to conceal the rescue.
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