Motif
abundance contrasted with childlessness
abundance_contrasted_with_childlessness
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
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record TATERAQ / AN ESKIMO BELLE / ARNARUNIAQ, WIFE OF ALATTAQ / BARREN; lines 2706-2766 confidence: high
Samik, called The Left-handed, is the richest man in his tribe, owns imported weapons, tools, and boats, and had accompanied Robert Peary on polar expeditions.
Samik possesses great wealth and food stores but is unhappy because he has no living child.
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