Motif
life-token plant signals death
life_token_plant_signals_death
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
filipino
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Philippine Folk Tales Philippine Folk Tales / PREFACE / CONTENTS / TINGUIAN; lines 930-1067 confidence: high
Aponibolinayen finds and eats the oranges from Adasen; seeing the vine’s leaves wilted, she knows her husband is dead.
Aponibolinayen sees the vine’s leaves wilted and knows that Aponitolau is dead.
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oceanic
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Oceanic Mythology MISCELLANEOUS TALES 209 / MISCELLANEOUS TALES 217 / PLATE. XX / MISCELLANEOUS TALES 223; lines 11169-11285 confidence: high
Kanag and Dagolayan decide to go fight; Kanag tells his mother he will plant a vine and that if it wilts she will know he is dead.
Kanag plants a vine and tells his mother that if it wilts she will know he is dead; later she sees it withered after Ligi beheads him.
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