Motif
animal skin disguise in sheep-theft plot
animal_skin_disguise_in_sheep_theft_plot
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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 MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES. / SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES.; lines 673-812 confidence: medium
Anansi tells Tiger about the reward, proposes a fiddle-and-tambourine performance, gives Tiger sheepskin clothing, and instructs him how to answer the accusation song.
Tiger wears a sheepskin suit in one tale and the skin of the last sheep in the next; in both cases the skin is central to identifying, framing, or catching a sheep thief.
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