Motif
animal-skin infiltration to take an opponent's implement
animal_skin_infiltration_to_take_an_opponent_s_implement
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 northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts INTRODUCTION / MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT SITKA / SUPPLEMENTARY TO STORY 1 / FOOTNOTES:; lines 1320-1434 confidence: high
Łqǃayāˊkǃ proposes getting the salmon spear, skins a salmon, succeeds in getting inside it, swims away, and the other brothers sit in the dead tree.
The youngest brother enters a salmon skin, lets the one-legged man spear it, cuts the fastening string, and escapes with the spear point.
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