Motif
Ambiguous animal speech as omen or message
ambiguous_animal_speech_as_omen_or_message
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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: high
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 interpret the talking Coyote as a bad sign, while other people interpret the same event as a good message.
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