Motif
herd obeys spoken commands
herd_obeys_spoken_commands
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zulu
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Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus, in Their Own Words UBONGOPA-KAMAGADHLELA. / UBONGOPA-KAMAGADHLELA. / TJBON GOPA-K AMAGADHLEL A. / IZIXGANEKWANE.; lines 12422-12480 confidence: high
Thieves come by night to steal cattle; the matter is known only to an unnamed male. He tells the cattle to graze and then return, and they obey.
The cattle graze and return when told, and later Ubongopa-kamagadhlela’s command is followed by the movement of Ubongopa and all the cattle.
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