Motif
animal or fish beloved killed by another suitor or substitute
animal_or_fish_beloved_killed_by_another_suitor_or_substitute
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing 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 SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY.; lines 4834-4972 confidence: high
The other daughter repeats the song, catches the fish, and the family cooks it; the first daughter refuses to eat, sings, and the fish come up and become a big fish which she puts back in the river.
In “Dear Old Juna,” the girl is engaged to a fish and another young man; the young man imitates her song and kills the fish, after which the girl dies. “Fish fish fish” also has another daughter imitate the song and take the fish.
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