Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hawaiian

  • 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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