The weaver (Chapter 004)

Also known as: uncle · Role: weaver · First appears: Chapter IV

In Chapter IV, the householder’s wife asked the weaver to teach her son, addressing him as “O brother” and calling the youth his nephew. The weaver agreed, and the youth became his apprentice, learning weaving in a short time.

Once the weaver saw that the youth was a great swindler, he decided to carry out a theft with him. When people seized the weaver at the housebreaking scene, the youth cut off his head and escaped, leaving the weaver arrested.

Relationship record

Life events

• The householder's wife arranged for her son to learn weaving from the weaver.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The householder's wife (Chapter 004) The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004)
  • “So she said to the weaver, ‘O brother, teach this nephew of yours to weave.’ He replied, ‘As that is right, I will do so.’ The youth became his apprentice, and in a short time learnt the art of weaving, for he was sharp and quick.”
• The weaver and the youth began carrying out thefts together.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004)
  • “The weaver saw that the lad was a great swindler, so he determined to carry out a theft along with him.”
• The youth cut off the weaver's head and escaped, leaving the weaver arrested at the housebreaking scene.(Chapter IV)
  • With: The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004)
  • “At that cry a great number of people assembled, who seized the weaver by his legs and began to pull him in. The youth, all by himself, could not succeed in pulling him out; but he cut off the weaver’s head and got away with it.”

Chapter IV

• pupil: The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) “The youth became his apprentice, and in a short time learnt the art of weaving, for he was sharp and quick.”
• younger kin: The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) “So she said to the weaver, ‘O brother, teach this nephew of yours to weave.’”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.