Motif
animal people appear as humans in their own village
animal_people_appear_as_humans_in_their_own_village
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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 16999-17124 confidence: high
Lively-frog-in-pond is captured by the salmon people, who swim out with him, look like human beings to him, and bring him to their village, where he pouts from hunger.
The salmon people capture Lively-frog-in-pond, swim with him to their village, and look to him like human beings; herring people are also described as a dancing people.
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