Motif
perilous sea approach to an island
perilous_sea_approach_to_an_island
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
micronesian
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The Island of Stone Money: Uap of the Carolines CHAPTER I / INTEODUCTORY / THE ISLAND OF STONE MONET / INTRODUCTORY; lines 105-150 confidence: medium
At dawn the captain signals stop and full speed astern; the narrator reaches the deck, finds thick fog, hears breakers on every side, and sees reefs and breakers close ahead when the fog lifts.
The passage describes an intended island arrival by sea becoming dangerous when fog, reefs, breakers, darkness, and variable currents surround the vessel.
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