Motif
blocked ascent to hidden upper waterfalls
blocked_ascent_to_hidden_upper_waterfalls
A motif of the Ascent and Heavenly Journey 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 A LEGEND OF MOLOKAI / XVIII / KALIUWAA / SCENE OF THE DEMIGOD KAMAPUAA'S ESCAPE FROM OLOPANA; lines 4949-5050 confidence: low
The visible fall is eighty to one hundred feet high; natives report two higher falls above it, but the travelers cannot climb the perpendicular banks from below.
The passage reports higher falls above the visible one but says the perpendicular banks make further ascent from below impossible.
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