Motif
fiery chain-dragging night duppy
fiery_chain_dragging_night_duppy
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Nocturnal Apparitions and Daylight or Cockcrow Limits. 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 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. / INDEX TO INFORMANTS. / NOTES / BOYS GIRLS; lines 14954-15209 confidence: high
Rolling Calf is a duppy with fiery eyes, flames from its nostrils, and a neck chain whose rattle terrifies night travellers.
Rolling Calf is described as a duppy with fiery eyes, flames from its nostrils, and a rattling chain that terrifies night travellers.
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