Motif
banished predator relocates and repeats predation
banished_predator_relocates_and_repeats_predation
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends XXIII / KANEAUKAI / A LEGEND OF WAIALUA / THE SHARK-MAN, NANAUE; lines 6783-6873 confidence: medium
Kamohoalii manifests through a haka, grieves over Nanaue, blames the grandfather's feeding, orders Nanaue to leave Hawaii, and authorizes shark soldiers to kill him if seen.
After being ordered away from Hawaii, Nanaue goes to Maui and then Molokai, each time resuming human-eating practices after initial concealment.
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