Motif
Animal helpers complete impossible building task
animal_helpers_complete_impossible_building_task
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.
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nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER IV: THE MAYA RACE AND MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER V: MYTHS OF THE MAYA / CHAPTER VI: THE CIVILISATION OF OLD PERU / CHAPTER VII: THE MYTHOLOGY OF PERU; lines 10153-10225 confidence: high
In the house-building contest, the rival uses men and llamas, while Huathiacuri gets animals and birds to help at night and uses an animal's screams to frighten away llamas carrying straw.
Huathiacuri obtains help from animals and birds of all kinds during the night to complete his house for the building contest.
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