Motif
animal distraction leading to loss of wealth
animal_distraction_leading_to_loss_of_wealth
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
khoisan south african
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South-African Folk-Tales A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE 146 / LITERATURE ON SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-LORE 148 / SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES / INTRODUCTION; lines 302-327 confidence: medium
A honey bird or honey guide passes by; all the Hottentots follow it. The Teco remonstrates and then denounces them as vagrant, to live on wild roots and honey beer and possess no stock.
The Hottentots follow the honey bird during the assembly and are consequently denounced to possess no stock.
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