Motif
animal-provided weapon materials and craft instruction
animal_provided_weapon_materials_and_craft_instruction
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales THE TRIAL OF LOVERS: / THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE / THE POOR TURKEY GIRL / HOW THE SUMMER BIRDS CAME; lines 2282-2419 confidence: high
The Bear fells trees, brings a bow stave and arrow shafts, instructs the boy to harden the bow over coals of fire, and agrees to come at sunset to meet the boy's mother.
The Bear supplies wood and arrow shafts and teaches the boy how to make a bow; the boy then makes the weapon.
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