Motif
Alarm and armed pursuit into prepared trap
alarm_and_armed_pursuit_into_prepared_trap
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales THE FOSTER-CHILD OF THE DEER / THE BOY HUNTER WHO NEVER SACRIFICED TO THE DEER HE HAD SLAIN: / OR THE ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY OF RATTLESNAKES / THE WARRIOR SUITOR OF MOKI; lines 5735-5813 confidence: high
A man discovers the killing, runs toward town for weapons, and shouts the war-cry of alarm; the youth gathers scalps and valuable ornaments from the slain and flees.
The witness raises the alarm, the Priests of the Bow pursue, and the youth reaches the prepared Dogs in the arroyo.
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