Motif
Animal messenger carries a human to an animal people's dwelling
animal_messenger_carries_a_human_to_an_animal_people_s_dwelling
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT WRANGELL; lines 7301-7379 confidence: high
Black-skin dries sea-lion intestines, has no way to make fire, sleeps under his blanket, and is addressed by a black duck that says it has been sent and tells him to ride with eyes closed.
A black duck says it has been sent after Black-skin, carries him after instructing him to close his eyes, and he arrives in the house of the sea lions.
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