Motif
Animal-associated people provide hidden sea bounty
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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 northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect HOW SHINING-HEAVENS CAUSED HIMSELF TO BE BORN / HOW MASTER-CARPENTER BEGAN MAKING A CANOE TO WAR WITH SOUTHEAST / THE CANOE PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEADDRESSES / THE GIRL WHO FED A RAVEN; lines 2428-2541 confidence: medium
At the town she understands the language; the people speak of one hunting at North cape. A raven comes flying and turning over, which communicates news, and says it cut up a whale that floated ashore at North cape.
The raven reports cutting up a whale, the girl transmits information from Raven town, and her father finds the whale where she says it lies.
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