Motif
Animal field helpers rewarded with food
animal_field_helpers_rewarded_with_food
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 6728-6850 confidence: high
Paddy is threshed either by hand or by buffaloes; rice from the first threshed ears is steamed and offered to monks, and buffaloes that helped with ploughing and threshing receive paddy mixed with boiled rice because of their kindness in helping in the fields.
Buffaloes that assisted with ploughing and threshing receive paddy mixed with boiled rice because of their kindness in helping in the fields.
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