Motif
Animal-form grandchildren visit human grandparents
animal_form_grandchildren_visit_human_grandparents
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT WRANGELL; lines 6470-6570 confidence: high
Two small devilfishes appear on the chief's steps, return after being thrown down, enter the house, sit in the chief and wife's laps, are fed on platters, disappear under a large rock, and the clean platters return.
Two small devilfishes repeatedly come to the chief's house, sit in the laps of the chief and his wife, and are addressed as grandchildren.
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