Motif
Animal escape leading to fatal pursuit
animal_escape_leading_to_fatal_pursuit
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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The Central Eskimo THE VISITOR. / THE FUGITIVE WOMEN. / QAUDJAQDJUQ. / I. STORY OF THE THREE BROTHERS.; lines 9209-9308 confidence: high
The three brothers enter and shut the singing house, dance and sing, call their mother to bring a seat, and a hidden ermine escapes when the door is opened.
A hidden ermine escapes from the singing house, is pursued by villagers, and one pursuer dies; a second escape leads villagers to fear further deaths.
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