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KOULEV SOGNEN The pet snake

Summary :

A child adopts a baby snake and raises it. One day the parents are working in the forest when they hear the child singing. The mother finds this strange and says that the snake must be swallowing their child. They argue about it until finally they rush back home, in time to cut off the snake’s tail and remove their child from its belly.
ATU: ATU 1889G Man Swallowed by Fish
Theme Group: The singing prey
Character Hero: Children
Source: National Heritage Research and Protection Section. Informant: Mrs. Barreau, aged 74. Baie Ste. Anne Praslin. Recorded (???). Researchers: (???). Transcribed by (???) on (date???).
Origin: Unknown
Thompson Motif Index: X1723.1. Swallowed person is discovered in animal’s stomach still alive.
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KOULEV SOGNEN The pet snake

Summary :

A child adopts a baby snake and raises it. One day the parents are working in the forest when they hear the child singing. The mother finds this strange and says that the snake must be swallowing their child. They argue about it until finally they rush back home, in time to cut off the snake’s tail and remove their child from its belly.
ATU: ATU 1889G Man Swallowed by Fish
Thompson Motif Index: X1723.1. Swallowed person is discovered in animal’s stomach still alive.
Source: National Heritage Research and Protection Section. Informant: Mrs. Barreau, aged 74. Baie Ste. Anne Praslin. Recorded (???). Researchers: (???). Transcribed by (???) on (date???).
Origin: Unknown
Character Hero: Children
Theme Group: The singing prey
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KOULEV SONGNEN

Akonter: Mme BARO, Ladres: Baie Ste Anne, Praslin

Ti annan en bonnfanm ek son bonnonm. Zot in al dan bwa. Son piti in anmas en ti koulev in songnen. Songnen, songnen, songnen, koulev in gro. I kit la. Prezan sa bonnonm ek sa bonnfanm in al dan bwa. Zot in al travay – in plant maniok, plant patat – in plante dan bwa. Prezan en zour son bonnfanm I tann zot piti pe santé anba. I dir:

  • Be mon mari, mon tann mon piti santé dan lakour.

I dir:

  • Sa I pa zanmen santé.

I dir:

  • Koulev pe anval li.

Piti I sant ankor. I dir:

  • Mon mari mon dir ou mon tann santé dan lakour. Koulev pe anval mon piti.

I dir:

  • Non, I pa pe anval ou piti li.

La bonnonm fou en koud pios sa bonnfanm dan latet. Sa bonnfanm ki ou a fer, I bezwen piose. Piose, piose, piose. Sa bonnnonm I dir ek li:

  • Mon bonnfanm, ou konnen mwan osi mon tande.

I dir:

  • E ou ! Taler ou ti dir mwan ou pa tande. Piose ou !

La sa bonnonm i piose, i piose. Sa bonnonm i dir anlor ek son bonnfanm:

  • Be ou konnen mon tande. La mon tande la.

Sa bonnfanm i dir:

  • Ou piose ou.

Lev en pios fou en kou son bonnfanm dan latet. Tou le de zot desann dan disan. Ariv laba, koulev in anval son piti lanmwatie. La prezan i ale I dir:

  • Mon mari, kot lavi koulev i ete?

I dir:

  • Dan lake.

La i as, as sa koulev pou tir sa piti.