Motif
Animal-color etiology through smoke and fire
animal_color_etiology_through_smoke_and_fire
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
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 11269-11376 confidence: high
Birds mock Mítsina and try to put out his light; the passage says Eagles and Crows were formerly white, and Eagles blacken their wings and tails with smoke while pouncing at the light.
The passage explains that Eagles and Crows were formerly white and that Eagles blackened their plumage while trying to extinguish Mítsina’s light.
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