Motif
Impossible container or paradoxical object
impossible_container_or_paradoxical_object
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 XVII. / PHILOSOPHY. / XVIII. / RIDDLES.; lines 9326-9599 confidence: medium
Riddles 59-66 identify umbrella, ears, sugar-cane, ring, cocoanut shell, hole, fire, and corn-grain through one-post, pond, bottomless, three-door, enlarging-hole, upward-motion, and whole-Jamaica support clues.
Several riddles depend on impossible or paradoxical forms, such as a bottomless vessel holding water, a bottomless ring or tub, a house on one post, and a hole growing larger when pared.
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