Motif
abduction of a supernatural woman’s child
abduction_of_a_supernatural_woman_s_child
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth 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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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 8843-8926 confidence: medium
A beautiful woman appears in the lake with two babies; the youth wades out, captures one baby, wraps it in his skin coat, and carries it home.
A youth captures a lake woman’s baby, and later Heavy Wings takes an infant from a woman’s back.
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