Motif
Broken condition causes loss of transformed beloved child
broken_condition_causes_loss_of_transformed_beloved_child
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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 IX. WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVES / X. WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS / XI. ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMAN / XII. ADZANUMEE AND HER MOTHER; lines 1222-1281 confidence: high
“If I were to become your daughter, would you promise never to reproach me with having been a yam?”
The woman promises not to reproach the yam-daughter for her origin but later does so, after which Adzanumee returns to yam form and cannot be restored.
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