Motif
ignored warning before collective water death
ignored_warning_before_collective_water_death
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Rejected Warner and Communal Destruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1551-1654 confidence: high
Deereeree and Burreenjin warn that they saw an alligator's back; Oongnairwah and Guinarey tell them to go away so the alligator will not smell them, but they keep watching.
Deereeree and Burreenjin warn of an alligator, but the situation continues and the alligator drowns all the fishers.
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