The poet fisher-lad’s uncle (Chapter 017)

Role: Rishi and teacher of the transformation spell · First appears: Chapter XVII

In Chapter XVII, after wandering to and fro, The poet fisher-lad sought out his uncle, who had retired among the Rishis. He found him at a grove, explained their relationship, and took up residence with him.

After a while, his uncle taught him a spell that could change his sex. He then told his nephew, “Now, go away, and be fearless and free from anxiety.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The fisher-lad found his uncle and took up residence with him.(Chapter XVII · 📍 a grove)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “By means of inquiries the youth gradually made his way thither, and he informed his uncle of his relationship to him, and took up his abode with him.”
• The uncle taught the fisher-lad a spell that could change his sex.(Chapter XVII · 📍 the Rishi-grove)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “This spell he taught to his nephew, and said to him, ‘Now, go away, and be fearless and free from anxiety.’”

Chapter XVII

• child: Goshṭhila “The youth slowly descended from the tree, and, after wandering to and fro, remembered that he had an uncle, who had retired from the world among the Rishis, and he determined to go to him.”
• pupil: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) “This spell he taught to his nephew, and said to him, ‘Now, go away, and be fearless and free from anxiety.’”
• younger kin: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) “The youth slowly descended from the tree, and, after wandering to and fro, remembered that he had an uncle, who had retired from the world among the Rishis, and he determined to go to him.”
• with The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) (Uncle and nephew.) “The youth slowly descended from the tree, and, after wandering to and fro, remembered that he had an uncle, who had retired from the world among the Rishis, and he determined to go to him.”

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