Motif
abandoned child returns and identifies mother
abandoned_child_returns_and_identifies_mother
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS.; lines 8331-8433 confidence: high
A speaker instructs the young man to call the woman mother, explain that she put him in a wallow and covered him with dirt, identify a poor man as father, and visit his fathers at the foot of the mountains in the fall.
The young man says his mother put him in a buffalo wallow and covered him with dirt, and he returns of age to confront and be recognized by her kin.
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