Motif
Food theft by feigned helpfulness
food_theft_by_feigned_helpfulness
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Theft, Stolen Goods, and Pursuit. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 2891-3002 confidence: high
After the emus are cooked, Deegeenboyah offers to carry them while the others play; once out of sight he takes the emus through a trap-door opening into the underground home of the Murgah Muggui spider, using a route with another exit near his home.
Deegeenboyah offers to carry the emus under the pretext of helping the others play, then takes the food through a hidden route.
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