Motif
Animal and supernatural helpers complete impossible tasks
animal_and_supernatural_helpers_complete_impossible_tasks
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance 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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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 5855-5960 confidence: high
The old woman requests a red-breasted wolf as a dog, hoping it will kill Looks-down; Looks-down prays to his father, who tells the wolves not to bother him; Looks-down brings the wolf back, and the old woman remains hungry for a person.
Looks-down succeeds through his father, the wolves' restraint, the swallow, race birds, ascent birds, and Corn-woman.
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