Motif
address to an absent figure with imagined offerings
address_to_an_absent_figure_with_imagined_offerings
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends KAALA AND KAAIALII / A LEGEND OF LANAI / THE TOMB OF PUUPEHE / A LEGEND OF LANAI; lines 4769-4792 confidence: high
“Where are you O Puupehe? / Are you in the cave of Malauea?”
The lament repeatedly addresses Puupehe and asks whether the speaker should bring water and foods or share a gourd.
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