Motif
Animal messenger summons an absent father or husband
animal_messenger_summons_an_absent_father_or_husband
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories RIDDLES. / INDEX TO RIDDLES. / ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES. / NOTES.; lines 12995-13137 confidence: high
For Pea-fowl as Messenger, animal competitors are connected to making the dumb girl speak and animals singing at the king's dance; African parallels involve a bird bearing warning, while the collector's and Parsons's Andros versions have birds summon the father of a new-born child.
The Pea-fowl note says birds summon the father of a new-born child and that Pea-fowl's song brings the husband home.
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