Motif
withheld food leads to hostile weather magic
withheld_food_leads_to_hostile_weather_magic
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family, within the sub-family Afflictive Curses of Mind, Fertility, and Weather. 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 1121-1234 confidence: high
Quarrian and Gidgereegah hide and return as the women prepare to cook the kangaroo; they seize it, cook it elsewhere, and refuse to give any meat to Goomai, Gwineeboo, or the child.
After the hunters refuse to share kangaroo meat, the women shut themselves in a dardurr and chant words said to invoke hailstones, wind, rain, and lightning against them.
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