Motif
blood betrays concealed killing
blood_betrays_concealed_killing
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Hidden Wrongdoing Exposed. 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 1656-1739 confidence: high
Narahdarn returns to camp alone without honey. The wives' two little sisters see his blood-covered arms and fierce look, and report this to their mother.
Narahdarn returns alone with blood on his arms, causing the younger sisters and the mother of the Bilbers to suspect he knows the daughters' fate despite his silence.
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