Motif
Hidden person inside container betrayed by speech
hidden_person_inside_container_betrayed_by_speech
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. 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 PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 8189-8316 confidence: high
A wife hides one man in a pannier-jar when her husband comes home; another man borrows and carries the jar, hears the hidden man speak, drops it, breaks it, and kills the hidden man.
A man hidden inside the pannier-jar speaks from within it, causing the carrier to drop the jar and kill him.
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