Motif
Animal army rescues condemned human
animal_army_rescues_condemned_human
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance 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 XVIII / KALIUWAA / SCENE OF THE DEMIGOD KAMAPUAA'S ESCAPE FROM OLOPANA / BATTLE OF THE OWLS; lines 5134-5193 confidence: high
The owl that told Kapoi to erect the temple gathers owls from Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Hawaii, Koolau districts, Kauai, and Niihau at named rendezvous places.
Owls assemble from many places, cover the sky, attack the execution agents, defeat the king's people, and Kapoi is released.
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