Motif
cannibal ogress or predator lures victims to animal ambush
cannibal_ogress_or_predator_lures_victims_to_animal_ambush
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2403-2495 confidence: medium
Bougoodoogahdah is an old woman living alone with four hundred dingoes; she and the dogs live on human flesh obtained by her cunning.
Bougoodoogahdah deceives groups of men so that her dingo pack can kill them and provide human flesh.
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