Motif
dangerous substance withheld from an unsafe recipient
dangerous_substance_withheld_from_an_unsafe_recipient
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.
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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories RIDDLES. / INDEX TO RIDDLES. / ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES. / NOTES.; lines 12697-12853 confidence: high
In Tremearne, Snake promises Scorpion a poison that kills at once, but after Scorpion accidentally bites Snake, she refuses to give it lest he kill everybody.
Snake refuses to give Scorpion a lethal poison after Scorpion accidentally bites Snake.
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