Motif
Bride reward decided by public proof of knowledge
bride_reward_decided_by_public_proof_of_knowledge
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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West African Folk-Tales II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE / III. ANANSI AND NOTHING / IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI / V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN; lines 722-809 confidence: medium
A king has three daughters whose names are secret, and he proclaims that they will become wives of any man who finds out the names.
The king promises his daughters to the man who can name them, and the court scene turns on the public sounding of those names.
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