Motif
binding and encirclement before ordeal-like violence
binding_and_encirclement_before_ordeal_like_violence
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER VI / OUR WITCH WOMAN / CHAPTER VII / BIRTH--BETROTHAL--AN ABORIGINAL GIRL FROM INFANCY TO WOMANHOOD; lines 2899-2913 confidence: high
A girl found guilty of a first fault has her hands and feet bound; her brothers and nearest male relations form a ring around her and toss her until dazed and nearly frightened to death.
The accused girl or woman is bound, surrounded in a ring, and tossed between surrounding men until dazed or exhausted.
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