Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal dressed as human decoy

animal_dressed_as_human_decoy

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


arctic inuit

  • The People of the Polar North: A Record THE GIANT DOG / QULUTA : BOY OF NINE / THE INLAND-DWELLERS AT ETA / THE MAN WHO PIERCED HIS WIFE'S LEGS; lines 8901-8970 confidence: high

    Neruvkaq dresses the dog in his seal-skin fur and pushes it outside; the men outside think it is Neruvkaq and stab it.

    Neruvkaq dresses the dog in his seal-skin fur, causing the attackers to mistake the dog for him and stab it.

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