Motif
Anthropomorphic object and plant riddles
anthropomorphic_object_and_plant_riddles
A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power 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 XVII. / PHILOSOPHY. / XVIII. / RIDDLES.; lines 9326-9599 confidence: high
Riddles 45-52 use houseful or shipload group imagery and bodily traits to identify annatto, ackee, nails, castor-oil beans, bottles, cooking-pots, coffee-pots, and needles.
Plants, containers, utensils, tools, and body parts are repeatedly described as children, people, soldiers, women, prisoners, or men with human traits.
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