Motif
Animal or bird relay of stolen fire
animal_or_bird_relay_of_stolen_fire
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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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Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache / CONTENTS; lines 2000-2089 confidence: high
The fire owners pursue Coyote; when he is exhausted and caught, he passes the fire to Night Hawk, and the pursuers tear Coyote’s mouth.
As each carrier becomes exhausted or is caught, the fire is transferred from Coyote to Night Hawk, Road-runner, Buzzard, and Humming Bird.
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