Motif
animal-person combat using species traits
animal_person_combat_using_species_traits
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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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS / HOW SHINING-HEAVENS CAUSED HIMSELF TO BE BORN / HOW MASTER-CARPENTER BEGAN MAKING A CANOE TO WAR WITH SOUTHEAST / THE CANOE PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEADDRESSES; lines 2234-2345 confidence: high
Beaver says Porcupine stole the food; they fight. Beaver tries to seize Porcupine with his teeth, spines strike Beaver, and Beaver goes to his parents’ place covered with spines.
Beaver attacks with teeth, while Porcupine’s spines injure Beaver during the fight.
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