Motif
ritualized vengeance by fire
ritualized_vengeance_by_fire
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Vengeance and Blood Guilt. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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 1656-1739 confidence: high
That night a corrobboree is held: women sit in a half-circle, chant monotonously, and keep time with boomerangs or rolled-up opossum rugs.
A night corrobboree is held; dancers maneuver Narahdarn toward a large fire and throw him into it, explicitly avenging the Bilbers.
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