Motif
Replacement familiar restores health
replacement_familiar_restores_health
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER III / RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS / CHAPTER IV / THE MEDICINE MEN; lines 1771-1881 confidence: high
When an opossum yunbeai disappeared, its wirreenun became ill; two powerful wirreenuns gave him porcupine as a new yunbeai, recovery began, and he no longer ate porcupine.
An ill wirreenun recovers after two powerful wirreenuns give him porcupine as a new yunbeai to replace the vanished opossum.
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