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Motif

Animal companion provides agricultural seeds

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A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Food, Fire, and Material Resources. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION. / NATI'NESTHANI.; lines 7124-7210 confidence: high

    Nati'nesthani wonders whether the gods altered the turkey, asks it for farming help, and the turkey shakes corn and other crop seeds from its wings in directional and fourfold sequences.

    The turkey responds to Nati'nesthani's request for farming help by shaking corn and other crop seeds from its wings.

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