Motif
child's speech exposes concealed food
child_s_speech_exposes_concealed_food
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Signs and Recognition. 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 1121-1234 confidence: high
Little Gwineeboo repeatedly cries that he wants kangaroo; Quarrian says this shows he saw it. Goomai strikes the boy's mouth, making blood trickle down his breast and stain it red; the women then quarrel.
Little Gwineeboo's repeated request for kangaroo leads Quarrian to conclude that the women have hidden it somewhere.
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