Motif
animal that is not an ordinary animal enters inaccessible cliff opening
animal_that_is_not_an_ordinary_animal_enters_inaccessible_cliff_opening
A motif of the Threshold Guardian 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 12092-12195 confidence: medium
Floating, a hunter whose wife keeps running away, finds his dogs disabled near a small bear; the bear climbs into a cliff hole, Floating loses strength, and he says it cannot be an ordinary bear.
A small bear disables dogs and Floating, climbs into a hole in the middle of a cliff, and is identified by Floating as something other than a bear.
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