Motif
Cruel elder siblings blind and abandon the youngest
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A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family, within the sub-family Youngest Brother Mistreated or Humble Brother Chosen. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Jamaica Anansi Stories PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 7845-7951 confidence: high
A woman has three sons; during travel, elder brothers give food to the youngest only after taking one eye and then the other, and they leave him behind.
The elder brothers take both of the youngest brother’s eyes in exchange for food and leave him behind.
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