Motif
Animal or fish peoples living in underwater villages
animal_or_fish_peoples_living_in_underwater_villages
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10851-10953 confidence: high
He comes to pale red-cod people in a village, paints them red, asks after his wife, then visits halibut people who also have not seen her; the villages give him food.
Red-cod, halibut, shark, and killer-whale peoples have villages or towns beneath the water.
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