Motif
cave by the sea as resting place of the dead
cave_by_the_sea_as_resting_place_of_the_dead
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends AHUULA / A LEGEND OF KANIKANIAULA AND THE FIRST FEATHER CLOAK / KAALA AND KAAIALII / A LEGEND OF LANAI; lines 4607-4661 confidence: high
The dead chief lies beside his love; Ua wails; the king orders the lovers placed side by side on a cave ledge and wrapped in tapas brought through the sea in tight bamboos.
The lovers are ordered to lie on a ledge of the cave, the lament asks whether they will sleep by the sea, and the closing sentence says they sleep in the Spouting Cave of Kaala.
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