Motif
animal deception or duping
animal_deception_or_duping
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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 THE COYOTE AND THE RAVENS WHO RACED THEIR EYES 262 / THE PRAIRIE-DOGS AND THEIR PRIEST, THE BURROWING-OWL 269 / HOW THE RATTLESNAKES CAME TO BE WHAT THEY ARE 285 / HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED 288; lines 132-144 confidence: high
“HOW THE TURTLE OUT HUNTING DUPED THE COYOTE 243”
The title states that Turtle duped Coyote while out hunting.
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