Motif
Cave refuge from devouring monster
cave_refuge_from_devouring_monster
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
filipino
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Philippine Folk Tales CONTENTS / TINGUIAN / IGOROT / WILD TRIBES OF MINDANAO; lines 3662-3779 confidence: high
Pah is an enormous bird that covers the sun and darkens earth when flying; its egg is house-sized, Mt. Bita is its haunt, and only people hiding in mountain caves escape.
The only people who escape Pah are those who hide in mountain caves.
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