Motif
Animal trait altered through trickery
animal_trait_altered_through_trickery
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.
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1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 347-458 confidence: medium
Goomblegubbon decides she must use cunning rather than open fighting; she hides her wings and tells Dinewan to imitate her and do without wings.
The Dinewan pair lose their wings after believing Goomblegubbon’s false example, and Dinewan is then unable to follow the flying bustard.
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