Motif
Animal wager over unequal abilities
animal_wager_over_unequal_abilities
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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Jamaica Anansi Stories INDEX TO RIDDLES. / ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES. / NOTES. / WITTICISMS.; lines 14196-14274 confidence: medium
In Koelle, Toad and Rat wager to see if one can do what the other cannot; Toad passes a crowd with a whole skin, while Rat is pursued with sticks and stones.
Toad and Rat wager to see if one can do what the other cannot; their attempts produce contrasting outcomes before a crowd.
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