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.
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1 traditions
indigenous australian
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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.
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