Motif
Origin of human beauty from a destroyed body's remains
origin_of_human_beauty_from_a_destroyed_body_s_remains
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Human Beauty from a Destroyed Body's Remains. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories SONG AND DANCE. / PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY.; lines 4022-4197 confidence: high
Sammy sings as he melts in stages from legs to middle, hand, neck, and finally nothing; fat heaps around the rod, and pretty men are said to get some of Sammy's fat while ugly men get none.
After Sammy melts away, his fat remains around the rod, and the story states that pretty men get some of Sammy's fat while ugly men get none.
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