Motif
Burned figure identified with a star
burned_figure_identified_with_a_star
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. 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 1741-1837 confidence: medium
Mullyan returns, his spear falls twice, flames burst out, he and the women fail to extinguish the fire, Mullyan’s arm is burnt off, Moodai and Buttergah are burned, the roof falls, and only charred bones remain.
After Mullyan’s death by fire, the legend states that he lives in the sky as the morning star, with neighboring stars representing his arm and Moodai his wife.
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