Motif
dead person's spirit reports death to sleeping kin
dead_person_s_spirit_reports_death_to_sleeping_kin
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends LAKA'S ADVENTURE / KEKUPUA'S CANOE / AS HEIAU BUILDERS / KAHALAOPUNA, PRINCESS OF MANOA; lines 3291-3384 confidence: high
Kahalaopuna's spirit tells her sleeping mother what has happened; surf-bathers confirm it, and canoes pursue the shark and prey by tracking the blood.
Immediately after death, Kahalaopuna's spirit tells her sleeping mother what has happened.
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