Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

marked animal guide to hidden food

marked_animal_guide_to_hidden_food

A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal Rescues, Guides, and Provisions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


indigenous australian

  • Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1551-1654 confidence: high

    Narahdarn wants honey, catches a bee, sticks a white feather between its hind legs, releases and follows it, and orders his two Bilber-tribe wives to follow with wirrees.

    Narahdarn attaches a white feather to the bee so that he can follow it to the honey nest.

    read in the book