Motif
animal foster parents rear divine children
animal_foster_parents_rear_divine_children
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales ITALIAN VERSION / THE GIANT CLOUD-SWALLOWER / THE MAIDEN THE SUN MADE LOVE TO, AND HER BOYS / OR, THE ORIGIN OF ANGER; lines 12956-13078 confidence: high
The boys say they look like the Sun-father, infer he is their father by resemblance to their mother's facial mark, and thank him. He calls them his children, says his home is in the heavens, and tells them to return to the Badgers with tokens.
The boys identify the Badgers as the parents who reared them, while also identifying the Sun-father as their true father.
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