The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Christian scripture · c. 80 CE · Scripture · Judeo-Christian · Classical

A younger son asks for his inheritance early, carries it to a far country and spends it, and famine leaves him feeding pigs. He rehearses a speech admitting he is no longer fit to be called a son, and starts for home. Grace scandalizing the dutiful brother.

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• contained in ↑ The Gospels
  Christian scripture · c. 70 CE · Scripture
• prefigures ↓ Crime and Punishment
  Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1866 CE · Novel
• prefigures ↓ Les Misérables
  Victor Hugo · 1862 CE · Novel
• ↓ Sonny's Blues
  James Baldwin · 1957 CE · Short Story — alludes to this
• ↓ The Tales of Belkin
  Alexander Pushkin · 1831 CE · Short Story — alludes to this

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Closest analogues

• The Gospels
  Christian scripture · c. 70 CE · Scripture

  51% · 12 shared
  ScriptureAllegoryForgivenessRedemptionClassicalInnocentRebirthAllegoryThe FeastElegiacMythicJudeo-Christian
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  C. S. Lewis · 1950 CE · Novel

  42% · 8 shared
  AllegoryRedemptionLoss of InnocenceInnocentVoyage and ReturnThe Thresholdvs SelfMythic
• The Pilgrim's Progress
  John Bunyan · 1678 CE · Novel

  36% · 8 shared
  AllegoryRedemptionAllegoryThe JourneyThe Thresholdvs SelfMythicJudeo-Christian
• Three Tales
  Gustave Flaubert · 1877 CE · Short Story

  36% · 8 shared
  AllegoryLoss of InnocenceCaregiverAllegoryThe Feastvs SelfElegiacMythic
• To Damascus
  August Strindberg · 1898 CE · Play

  36% · 7 shared
  AllegoryRedemptionThe DoubleAllegoryThe JourneyThe Thresholdvs Self
• Jerusalem
  William Blake · 1820 CE · Poem

  36% · 7 shared
  AllegoryForgivenessRedemptionRebirthAllegoryvs SelfMythic