Motif
aid exchanged for transformative coloring
aid_exchanged_for_transformative_coloring
A motif of the Sacred Exchange and Reciprocity family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee V--THE MYTHS / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION; lines 13876-13981 confidence: high
Raccoon insults Wolf, escapes to a tree over water, tricks Wolf into leaping at his reflection, then plasters Wolf's sleeping eyes with dung; a brown bird agrees to clear the eyes in exchange for red paint.
The brown bird opens Wolf's eyes after Wolf promises red paint, then paints itself and becomes Redbird.
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