Motif
Ambusher punished by concealed countermeasures
ambusher_punished_by_concealed_countermeasures
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Jamaica Anansi Stories MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES. / SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES.; lines 1777-1855 confidence: medium
Tiger hides in the pepper-tree as planned; Cunnie-mo’n-father takes a fire-stick from the kitchen and thrusts it into Tiger’s face, making Tiger cry out and run away.
Tiger’s ambushes are defeated when Cunnie-mo’n-father uses a fire-stick and red ants against him, and later exposes him by making him answer as the yam.
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