Buddhist
The Jataka tales of the Buddha's former births — the Bodhisatta's accumulated lives as king, animal, ascetic, and merchant, preserved in the Pali canon and read across the Buddhist world as moral fable and scripture alike.
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Most-filed motifs under “buddhist” in the index
Creator 1 Brahma as creator 1 Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. 1 Imperfect god, subject to death and rebirth 1 Three-eyed god 1 God with flashing eyes 1 Temperamental goddess 1 Golden mansions of gods 1 City of gods (God) 1 Deity lives in forest 1 Deity resides in tree 1 God's throne becomes hot because of activities 1 God has enormous elephant 1 Chariot of the gods 1 Weapons of the gods 1 Thunderbolt as gods' weapon 1 Deity's special drum 1 Hierarchy of gods 1 Conflicts of the gods 1 Marriage or liaison of gods 1 Polygamy among the gods 1 Attendants and servants of the gods 1 Deity's messenger can assume any guise he wish 1 Dancers of the gods 1 Assembly of gods 1 Family of gods. (Cf. A111, A164.) 1 God serves as menial on earth 1 God visits sick mortal 1 Sun-god 1 Rain-god 1