Motif
Combat won by use of terrain and vulnerable strike
combat_won_by_use_of_terrain_and_vulnerable_strike
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
khoisan south african
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South-African Folk-Tales LION AND JACKAL / THE HUNT OF LION AND JACKAL / STORY OF LION AND LITTLE JACKAL / THE LIONESS AND THE OSTRICH; lines 1280-1311 confidence: high
The lioness wakes the ostrich to fight. The ostrich has them stand on opposite sides of an ant-hill, strikes the ant-hill toward her, then strikes her near the liver and kills her.
The ostrich positions the fight around an ant-hill, strikes it toward the lioness, and then kills her by striking a vulnerable spot near the liver.
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