Motif
kinship recognized through navel sympathy
kinship_recognized_through_navel_sympathy
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zulu
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Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus, in Their Own Words SYMPATHY BY THE NAVEL. / IZINGANHEKWANE. / SYMPATHY BY THE NAVEL. / SYMPATHY BY THE NAVEL.; lines 15973-16065 confidence: high
The relatives see a girl resembling their children, but have no evidence; 'the navel felt her' and would not let them be satisfied.
The relatives repeatedly state that the navel feels the girl and causes sympathy, leading them to know she is their child despite no formal evidence.
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