Motif
animal cry explained through human speech
animal_cry_explained_through_human_speech
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
filipino
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Philippine Folk Tales PREFACE / CONTENTS / TINGUIAN / IGOROT; lines 3004-3024 confidence: medium
The mother hears a bird crying, “King, king, nik! nik! nik!” and the sound seems to come from the basket.
The mother first hears a bird cry, and the bird later calls back intelligible words about leaving and being denied rice.
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