Motif
animal guide flight sustained by repeated feeding
animal_guide_flight_sustained_by_repeated_feeding
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 7014-7102 confidence: high
With the three-month limit near, Jack follows another rolled barrel to the bird keeper, who summons the birds; Quack arrives late from the Devil Errant’s yard and is identified as the one who can take Jack there.
Quack carries Jack while demanding repeated food; Jack feeds it cow meat, then gives personal items, and is dropped when he has nothing left.
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