Motif
animal decoy in human clothing
animal_decoy_in_human_clothing
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
inuit
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Eskimo Folk-Tales KUMAGDLAK AND THE LIVING ARROWS / THE GIANT DOG / THE INLAND-DWELLERS OF ETAH / THE MAN WHO STABBED HIS WIFE IN THE LEG; lines 3614-3667 confidence: high
Neruvkaq puts a sealskin coat on his dog and sends it out; those outside think it is Neruvkaq and stab the dog to death.
Neruvkaq places a sealskin coat on his dog; the attackers mistake it for Neruvkaq and kill it.
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