Motif
rivalry over fertility and number of children
rivalry_over_fertility_and_number_of_children
A motif of the Sacred Feminine and Mother Goddess family, within the sub-family Female Status and Childbearing Rivalry. 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 344-455 confidence: medium
Dinewan hides all her young but two under a big salt bush and goes with the two young ones to the plain where Goomblegubbon is feeding with twelve young ones.
The mothers compare two versus twelve offspring, and the rivalry over producing larger young drives Goomblegubbon's fatal action.
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