Motif
Animal helper gives access to hidden place and return instructions
animal_helper_gives_access_to_hidden_place_and_return_instructions
A motif of the The Hero's Journey 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: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 2780-2887 confidence: high
Two hunters wash in urine before hunting; one spears a sea lion identified as the sea-lion-chief’s son and drowns, while the survivor sleeps on the rock and receives dream guidance that the rock is a house with a door signaled by shaman’s beating sticks.
The puffin guides the stranded hunter to the doorway of the hidden house and later tells him how to return home in the stomach or skin.
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