Motif
accidental raising of the sky by a giant
accidental_raising_of_the_sky_by_a_giant
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
filipino
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Philippine Folk Tales IGOROT / WILD TRIBES OF MINDANAO / CHRISTIANIZED TRIBES / NOTES; lines 5741-5855 confidence: high
Rice pounding is described, and a Klemantin myth from Borneo says the sky was raised when the giant Usai accidentally struck it with his mallet while pounding rice.
The Klemantin myth says the sky was raised when the giant Usai accidentally struck it with his mallet while pounding rice.
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