Motif
Bush-hiding devourer of others’ goods
bush_hiding_devourer_of_others_goods
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories WITTICISMS. / SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. / INDEX TO INFORMANTS. / NOTES; lines 14755-14952 confidence: medium
Dry-head is described as hiding in the bush to eat what Anansi or Tacoomah have and as figuring as a kind of old man of the sea in Anansi stories.
Dry-head hides in the bush and eats up what Anansi or Tacoomah have.
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