Motif
Animal body marking explained by mythic injury
animal_body_marking_explained_by_mythic_injury
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation 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 SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 21100-21188 confidence: high
A Creek myth says the ground squirrel's back stripes were made when a bear scratched it in anger at an animal council about dividing day and night.
The ground squirrel's stripes are explained as scratches made by a bear during a council.
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