Motif
animal fight as household bad-luck omen
animal_fight_as_household_bad_luck_omen
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature WOMAN IN WORKING DRESS. / YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN. / A FUNERAL. / THE HOME; lines 5019-5162 confidence: medium
A dog howling in moonlight is allowed because it may be its form of prayer; noisy or fighting cats are driven away because fighting cats bring bad luck to the nearest house.
Noisy or fighting cats are chased away because fighting cats are said to bring bad luck to the nearest house.
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