Motif
Animal created to remove pollution or filth
animal_created_to_remove_pollution_or_filth
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature NATIVE REST-HOUSES. / UNMARRIED KACHIN WOMEN. / HO VILLAGE LIFE / I42 VILLAGE LIFE; lines 6479-6609 confidence: high
The door and single roof-window are shut tight against the water; the boat becomes dark, stuffy, evil-smelling, and impossible to clean or empty.
Pigs are said not to have been made with the other beasts but to have been made after Noah’s prayer to clean the foul boat.
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