Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

communal call-and-response storytelling frame

communal_call_and_response_storytelling_frame

A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


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  • West African Folk-Tales I. ANANSI, OR SPIDER, TALES / II. MISCELLANEOUS TALES / ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION; lines 281-356 confidence: high

    “Comrades, listen to a story.” The crowd gathers, and the response is, “All right, let it come.”

    The passage opens with a call to listen, an audience gathering, and the response that the story may begin.

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