Motif
animal helper in the hunt
animal_helper_in_the_hunt
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
hopi
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The Traditions of the Hopi DOWNWARD. / UPWARD. / Q4. THE RED EAGLE SONG. 1 / W. WHY THE ANTS ARE SO THIN. 1; lines 12012-12104 confidence: high
The chief's son leads a hunt; hunters form two encircling parties, kill many rabbits, and a large hawk swoops down to kill rabbits for the son; afterward they drink at a spring and return toward the village.
A large hawk takes part in the hunt and kills rabbits for the village chief's son.
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siberian
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Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia II. TALES OF THE LAMUT.1 / III. KOLYMA TALES. / F. B. / W. B.; lines 3300-3373 confidence: high
The first hunter mounts his horse, calls his dog, follows four sable tracks, the dog catches the sables on lake ice, and the hunter makes a fire, prepares food, and skins them.
The hunter's dog is described as good and catches all four sables on the lake ice.
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