Motif
dangerous night and protective firelit gathering
dangerous_night_and_protective_firelit_gathering
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI / CHAPTER XVII / CHAPTER XVIII; lines 7701-7802 confidence: medium
Darkness is feared; children fear tigers and other dangers, adults stop work at sundown, and everyone goes to the sheltered warmth of the maloka.
Darkness is associated with tigers and evil night agents, while people shelter in the maloka, gather around fire, and wait for daybreak.
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