Motif
Abandoned hero rescued after near-death exhaustion
abandoned_hero_rescued_after_near_death_exhaustion
A motif of the The Hero's Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 11436-11522 confidence: high
On a war party led by White-mountains, Black-elk volunteers to return for forgotten medicine; when he reaches the waiting place, the others have gone on because White-mountains dislikes him.
Black-elk is deliberately left behind by a hostile leader, becomes unable to walk, lies on a high hill expecting death, and is then found and rescued by the boy and his family.
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