Motif
animal trail triggers uncontrollable pursuit
animal_trail_triggers_uncontrollable_pursuit
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record HANS PETER, SOREN NIELSEN'S YOUNGEST SON / GREENLANDIC WOMAN FROM KANGEQ, NEAR GODTHAAB / MANASSEH / VIGGO, A SLEDGE-DOG; lines 10136-10234 confidence: high
Manasseh says they are in a good reindeer district and tells the narrator to keep his gun ready.
The dogs detect fresh reindeer tracks and pull the sledge into a rapid chase in which the travelers must follow the reindeer trail.
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