Motif
animal helper provides concealment from pursuers
animal_helper_provides_concealment_from_pursuers
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southwest
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The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony NOTE ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF NAVAJO WORDS. / ILLUSTRATIONS / THE MOUNTAIN CHANT: A NAVAJO CEREMONY. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 910-994 confidence: high
Bushrat guides the Navajo to a flat rock, opens a small hole by blowing on it, and brings him into a den where Bushrat's family is present while Ute voices are heard outside.
Bushrat and Kleyatcini are animal figures who guide or admit the Navajo into hidden dwellings and protect him from the Ute pursuit.
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