Motif
household reversal
household_reversal
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Treachery and Forbidden Kin Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
maya quiche
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The Popol Vuh The First Book, wooden mannikins confidence: high
Birds tear, cut, devour, and grind the wooden beings, while mill-stones, dishes, dogs, and hens accuse and attack them.
Domestic tools and animals accuse and punish the beings who mistreated them.
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