Motif
Control object binds transformed human
control_object_binds_transformed_human
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 7739-7842 confidence: high
The boy tells his poor parents he will become a pig and a mare to sell and warns against leaving the rope on; the Old Witch buys the mare after the father leaves the rope, and schoolchildren remove the rope when the mare speaks.
The boy warns that the rope must not be left on him in animal form; when the rope remains on the mare, the Old Witch can take him until children remove it.
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