Motif
snaring a celestial body
snaring_a_celestial_body
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Celestial Snaring Heroes. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends ILLUSTRATIONS / LEGENDS RESEMBLING OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY / EXPLOITS OF MAUI / I.--SNARING THE SUN; lines 686-739 confidence: high
At Paeloko, Maui cuts down coconut trees, gathers coconut-husk fiber, and makes strong cord.
Maui makes a cord noose, snares the Sun’s beams, and forces the Sun to bargain.
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