Motif
Animal theft of livelihood substance
animal_theft_of_livelihood_substance
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
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West African Folk-Tales XVI. HOW BEASTS AND SERPENTS FIRST CAME INTO THE WORLD / XVIII. WHY THE MOON AND THE STARS RECEIVE THEIR LIGHT FROM THE SUN / II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES / XIX. OHIA AND THE THIEVING DEER; lines 1652-1760 confidence: high
Ohia repeatedly finds the pots broken and the wine gone; after several failed attempts, he resolves to find and punish the culprit.
The palm wine that should provide Ohia and Awirehu's income is repeatedly stolen, and Deer is caught stealing it from the pots.
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