Motif
animal race won by direct flight over winding watercourse
animal_race_won_by_direct_flight_over_winding_watercourse
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 southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 22428-22547 confidence: high
In a Creek story of the Crane and Hummingbird race, the rivals fly from a stream to its head spring; Hummingbird follows stream windings while Crane takes a direct route above the trees and wins.
In the Creek parallel, Hummingbird follows a stream's windings while Crane flies directly over the trees and wins.
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