Motif
Animal-skin garment grants hunting ability and altered scale
animal_skin_garment_grants_hunting_ability_and_altered_scale
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 10329-10431 confidence: high
The man wears the coats and catches cod, salmon, halibut, seal, and sea lion; some catches seem small or light to him but are large when brought home.
When the man wears the coats, he catches large prey that appears small or feels light until it is brought home.
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