Motif
animal auditions for messenger role
animal_auditions_for_messenger_role
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY.; lines 4199-4404 confidence: high
A pregnant wife is near childbirth while her husband John Studee, a great gambler, is absent; the midwife asks a cock, dog, and puss what they will say to call him and rejects their sounds.
The midwife asks several animals what they will say to summon John Studee and rejects those whose sounds are unsuitable before accepting the pea-fowl.
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