Motif
Appeal to celestial witnesses while denying guilt
appeal_to_celestial_witnesses_while_denying_guilt
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1021-1119 confidence: low
Mullyan notes many trails entering the camp and none leaving, asks about Beeargah and his friends, and Weedah denies knowledge while telling him to ask the winds, Bahloo the moon, and Yhi the sun; Weedah edges Mullyan toward the fire.
Weedah denies knowing the missing people and tells Mullyan to ask the winds, Bahloo the moon, and Yhi the sun instead.
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