Motif
Abandoned dependent sustained by concealed aid
abandoned_dependent_sustained_by_concealed_aid
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect SLAUGHTER-LOVER. / THE WOMAN AT NASS WHO FLED FROM HER HUSBAND / THE REJECTED LOVER / HE WHO GATHERED FOOD FOR AN EAGLE; lines 15906-16028 confidence: high
During hunger, the uncles’ households tell him, “Live upon the food that you gathered for the eagle”; the youngest uncle’s wife gives him the dorsal fin of a salmon.
The boy and his mother are abandoned by kin during hunger, but hidden food and a small canoe left by the youngest uncle’s household allow them to continue.
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