Motif
enemy war party petrified after animal speech
enemy_war_party_petrified_after_animal_speech
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Deceptive Speech, Voices, and False Claims. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1443-1549 confidence: high
The camp community has left for a borah, leaving an old dog; the war-painted Gooeeays arrive to attack, question the dog, and threaten to kill him until he says the people have gone to the borah.
The Gooeeays threaten an old dog; after he speaks, they and their possessions turn to stone.
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