Motif
well or pit abandonment instead of murder
well_or_pit_abandonment_instead_of_murder
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Expulsion, Pit Abandonment, and Supernatural Peril. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20113-20209 confidence: medium
One brother says not to slay Joseph, but to throw him to the bottom of the well, where some travellers will take him up.
One brother advises against killing Joseph and proposes throwing him to the bottom of the well so travellers will take him up.
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