Motif
missed voyage caused by burial duty
missed_voyage_caused_by_burial_duty
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family, within the sub-family Burial Duties, Death Locks, and South-Facing Rites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 6769-6889 confidence: high
The old gardener dies after murmuring his confession of faith; Camaralzaman buries him in the garden, gives up the key, and reaches the quay after the ship has sailed.
Camaralzaman misses the ship because he stays to bury the old gardener and perform the last offices.
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