Motif
animal feature explanation from flood survival
animal_feature_explanation_from_flood_survival
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southwest
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Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache / CONTENTS; lines 1273-1366 confidence: high
Woodpecker and turkey are still alive and cling to the sky. Turkey's tail tip is washed white, and woodpecker's tail feathers are worn sharp.
The passage explains turkey's white tail tip and woodpecker's sharp worn tail feathers as results of clinging to the sky during the flood.
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