Motif
Abandoning a hunt after frightening supernatural or unusual speech
abandoning_a_hunt_after_frightening_supernatural_or_unusual_speech
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7127-7153 confidence: medium
After Coyote leaves, the young men and leader scatter, leave their den, return to the village, and think it was a bad sign for Coyote to talk.
The hunters abandon their den and return to the village because Coyote speaks, though others later say they should have stayed and caught many eagles.
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