Motif
abandoned person saved by supernatural help and elevated to chieftainship
abandoned_person_saved_by_supernatural_help_and_elevated_to_chieftainship
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS / RAVEN TRAVELING / A-SLENDER-ONE-WHO-WAS-GIVEN-AWAY / THE ONE ABANDONED FOR EATING THE FLIPPER OF A HAIR SEAL; lines 8710-8724 confidence: high
The first and longest tale is the one to which the title belongs; its main theme is a person abandoned to die who was supernaturally helped and became a great chief.
The passage explicitly describes the main theme as a person abandoned to die who was supernaturally helped and became a great chief.
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