Motif
animal-name and animal-mark etiology
animal_name_and_animal_mark_etiology
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
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 868-931 confidence: high
With no sign of the Weeoombeens found, the black fellows conclude the brothers turned into little white-throated birds; those birds are thereafter called Weeoombeens, and Piggiebillah is remembered by a porcupine ant-eater with miniature spear-like markings.
The passage explains why little white-throated birds are called Weeoombeens and links Piggiebillah to a porcupine ant-eater marked with miniature spear-like features.
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