Motif
maternal rescue and claim over revived child
maternal_rescue_and_claim_over_revived_child
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Disputed Maternity, Parentage, and Recognition. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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 2092-2197 confidence: medium
The mother drags the body to an ant bed; after twitching, Goonur regains consciousness and tells her of his wives' trick.
The mother rescues and revives her son, warns that his wives lured him to death, and declares he is now hers because she brought him back from the dead.
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