Motif
protective mother rescues son from death
protective_mother_rescues_son_from_death
A motif of the Sacred Feminine and Mother Goddess family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 2095-2200 confidence: high
His mother tracks him to the water-filled hole, retrieves his body with a midjee stick, places him on an ant bed, and sees him regain consciousness; he reports the wives' trick.
The mother alone tracks the missing son, recovers his body, enables his revival, hides him, and argues that he should no longer live with the wives who lured him to death.
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