Motif
communal transformation of wild seed into cakes
communal_transformation_of_wild_seed_into_cakes
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER XII / THE TRAPPING OF GAME / CHAPTER XIII / FORAGING AND COOKING; lines 4905-4957 confidence: medium
When doonburr seed was thick on yarmmara barley-grass, the tribes gathered the grass in quantities.
The passage gives a multi-stage collective sequence: gather grass, use fire to release seed, thresh, winnow, store, grind with water, and cook cakes.
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