Motif
hazardous water crossing
hazardous_water_crossing
A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
micronesian
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The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands RETURN TO COLONY ; TO MUTOK AND PANIAU / CHAPTER XII / IQO THE CAROLINE ISLANDS / ZOS THE CAROLINE ISLANDS; lines 8168-8270 confidence: high
A stormy night and raw morning follow, with black sky, gale-bent palms, falling nuts, obscured hills, a freshet brook, and heavy rain.
The party travels by canoe through rough sea, wind, and wave, divides for safety, narrowly avoids capsizing, and reaches the destination.
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