Motif
abandoned youngest brother receives supernatural help
abandoned_youngest_brother_receives_supernatural_help
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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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 20274-20393 confidence: high
The others left the youngest brother while he slept because he was lazy, wanting to find out what he could do; they camped away from him for two nights.
The youngest brother is left behind by his brothers and then receives help from a figure later identified as the mountain being.
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