Motif
vessel that provides nourishment and releases destructive water
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A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family, within the sub-family Nourishing, Healing, and Renewing Vessels. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 507-608 confidence: high
The traveller reaches another hut; an armless old man sits by a fire with a bowl of milk. When he tips the bowl, a deep roaring river surrounds him and his hut; the traveller wishes himself over it.
The bowl can provide food or drink when wished upon and can also produce a river or flood that drowns living things.
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