Motif
Animals rewarded with human food after cosmic service
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A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity 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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Aino Folk-Tales HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 1011-1094 confidence: high
In 'Sunrise,' a devil tries to swallow the sun as it rises in the east; someone thrusts crows or foxes into the devil's mouth while the sun rises, and crows and foxes share human food in return for this service.
Crows and foxes are said to share human food because of their service in the sunrise episode.
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