Motif
drowned king transformed into taboo fish
drowned_king_transformed_into_taboo_fish
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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micronesian
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The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands OF PONAPE / CHAPTER IV / NALAP, AND PONAPEAN SUPERSTITIONS AND CHARACTER / CHAPTER V; lines 3235-3342 confidence: high
Old Ponape is described as formerly united under the Chau-te-Leur kings; the last king dies during an invasion led by Icho-Kalakal, drowning in the Chapalap River while fleeing.
The last king drowns in the Chapalap River, the gods change him into a blue river fish, and Metalanim people refuse to eat that fish.
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