Motif
Animal guardian watches over a concealed beloved
animal_guardian_watches_over_a_concealed_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 12292-12402 confidence: high
Because the Sun does not want the girl seen by men, he places a wise old Eagle in a great cage on the housetop to watch her; the Eagle understands speech and the girl feeds and waters it.
The Sun places a wise old Eagle in a cage on the housetop to watch the girl and prevent her from being seen by men.
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