Motif
magical combat through egg tokens controlling day and night
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A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Jamaica Anansi Stories SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY.; lines 4834-4972 confidence: high
Juggin’s Old Witch mother gives him eight eggs; the Old Witch man has seven heads and seven eggs; egg-mashing alternates daylight and night until Juggin cuts off all seven heads, takes the girl away, goes home with her, and marries her.
Juggin and the Old Witch man mash eggs in alternation; Juggin’s eggs bring daylight and allow him to cut off heads, while the Old Witch man’s eggs bring night back.
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