Motif
Abandoned elder secretly provisioned by son
abandoned_elder_secretly_provisioned_by_son
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1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10329-10431 confidence: high
People from the man's town have sent his very old mother away from the village to starve, and he is near her without knowing it.
The old mother is sent away to starve; her son finds her and arranges repeated supplies of salmon, seal, and sea lion for her.
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