Motif
destructive guest after ignored warning
destructive_guest_after_ignored_warning
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES. / SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES.; lines 2756-2918 confidence: high
Anansi and Fire are friends; Anansi invites Fire after dining with him; Fire says he cannot walk and asks for a dry-bush path; Ground Dove warns Anansi not to invite Fire because Fire will burn him and his house.
Ground Dove warns Anansi not to invite Fire; Anansi ignores her, prepares Fire's path, and Fire burns Anansi and his house.
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