Motif
abandoned person escapes by wizard flight
abandoned_person_escapes_by_wizard_flight
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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Eskimo Folk-Tales THE MAN WHO BECAME A STAR / THE WOMAN WITH THE IRON TAIL / HOW THE FOG CAME / THE MAN WHO AVENGED THE WIDOWS; lines 3224-3289 confidence: high
Angusinanguaq of Kangarssuk has a very beautiful wife; other men envy him and agree during an eider-duck hunt to leave him on a small lonely island.
Angusinanguaq is left on a lonely island without his kayak, but returns before the conspirators by gathering magic power and moving through the air.
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