Motif
Animate landscape punishes refusal of food
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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.
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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES. / SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES.; lines 3050-3186 confidence: high
A river-side rock begs Anansi for food; he refuses, and the rock holds him. A passerby pulls Anansi free, leaving half his skin on the stone; moss on river rocks is identified as Anansi’s skin growing there.
The rock-stone asks Anansi for food and traps him after he refuses, resulting in Anansi’s skin remaining on the rock as moss.
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