Motif
punishment of negligent caregivers by released water
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A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 1443-1549 confidence: high
The adults go hunting with their own water but leave none for the two small children; the elder brother finds them nearly speechless from thirst, splits the tree, and water gushes out for them to drink and bathe in.
The elder brother states he will punish those who left the small children to thirst; the returning adults are later drowned in the stream released from the tree.
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