Motif
Animated object messenger coerces attendance
animated_object_messenger_coerces_attendance
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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filipino
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Philippine Folk Tales Philippine Folk Tales / PREFACE / CONTENTS / TINGUIAN; lines 546-660 confidence: high
Gold-covered betel-nuts are oiled, sent to all towns, and instructed to grow on the knee of anyone refusing the ceremony summons.
Betel-nuts travel, deliver summonses, threaten bodily growth, and enforce attendance by growing on the Sun and his pig and later threatening Aponibolinayen's father.
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