Motif
Hidden son challenges and slays father or monster by secret name
hidden_son_challenges_and_slays_father_or_monster_by_secret_name
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 13485-13605 confidence: medium
The challenge story is said to have a bull kill the mother’s sons, unknowingly father the successful antagonist, and have a secret name evidently learned from the mother; the tossing trick is cross-referenced.
The challenge-story note says the bull fathered the successful antagonist unknowingly, that the antagonist was brought up in secret, and that the father’s secret name was learned from the mother.
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