Motif
Animal messenger determines human mortality
animal_messenger_determines_human_mortality
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation 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 THE ORIGIN OF DEATH / ANOTHER VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE / A THIRD VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE / A FOURTH VERSION OF THE SAME FABLE; lines 2783-2805 confidence: high
In the fourth version, the Moon sends the Hare to tell Men they will be renewed as the Moon is, but the Hare deceives Men by saying they will die and perish.
The Hare, Chameleon, and Salamander function as animal messengers whose delivery or misdelivery of a message affects what Men are told about death.
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