Motif
Animal-derived medicine enables ordeals
animal_derived_medicine_enables_ordeals
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect THE ONE ABANDONED FOR EATING THE FLIPPER OF A HAIR SEAL / SACRED-ONE-STANDING-AND-MOVING, STONE-RIBS, AND UPWARD / SUPERNATURAL-BEING-WHO-WENT-NAKED / HE-WHO-GOT-SUPERNATURAL-POWER-FROM-HIS-LITTLE-FINGER; lines 11381-11457 confidence: medium
The chief prepares four hot stones for the young man; the daughter says he kills suitors with red-hot stones; the young man uses crane medicine, swallows the stones, and survives.
The young man uses medicine received from the crane to withstand hot stones, confront monsters, and perform resuscitations.
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