Comparative mythology corpus

Voluntary Humble Labor Despite Supernatural Power

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Buddhist Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 3350-3445 high The people explain that the road is being prepared for Dīpankara Buddha; Sumedha asks to join the work, receives a swampy piece of ground, and chooses menial labor over using supernatural power. record