Motif
hidden or fatal name as vulnerable knowledge
hidden_or_fatal_name_as_vulnerable_knowledge
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories RIDDLES. / INDEX TO RIDDLES. / ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES. / NOTES.; lines 13607-13742 confidence: high
The song explains a bull's surprise at being challenged by name; in Jekyll, a son calls the father's name, a cow reports it, and the bull denies any man can call his name; a fatal-name motive may have been replaced by a magic song.
The bull is challenged by name, knowledge of the name is linked with defeat, and the note explicitly mentions a fatal-name motive.
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