Motif
Animal markings explained as ancestral burn marks
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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
andamanese
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The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology CHAPTER V / THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: CEREMONIAL / CHAPTER VI / THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS; lines 11079-11155 confidence: high
The story explains markings on birds and fishes as places where the ancestor who became the species was burned by fire, and the author classifies this as etiological.
The story explains markings on birds and fishes as the places where the ancestor who became the species was burned by fire.
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