Motif
Animal helper retrieves hidden prey
animal_helper_retrieves_hidden_prey
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
hopi
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The Traditions of the Hopi HIS WIFE. 1 / FOR THEIR LIFE. 1 / NIGHT. 1 / HEAD. 2; lines 9317-9420 confidence: high
In Oraibi/Ishmovala, Coyote and his wife have six children; Coyote hunts a cottontail rabbit, Badger digs it from its hole, and the children quarrel over and devour it, leaving some hungry.
Badger digs into the rabbit hole and pulls out the rabbit for Coyote to feed his children.
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