Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Animal helpers recover a hidden skull

animal_helpers_recover_a_hidden_skull

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 northeast woodlands

  • Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths J LEGENDS 363 / HBWITT / HSWITTJ / BBWITTJ; lines 18209-18312 confidence: high

    A command is given to bring a skull through a tunnel; mice eat corn, beans, and squash seed, tunnel to the lodge, find the skull, and draw it out.

    The mice are fed seed, tunnel to the lodge, find the skull, and draw it out for the disguised man.

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