Motif
Animal-trait etiology through feigned death
animal_trait_etiology_through_feigned_death
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 V--THE MYTHS / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION; lines 13071-13175 confidence: high
Rabbit announces that the council orders immediate war in the townhouse, leaps away, and Possum is beaten; Possum pretends to be dead, escapes, and ever since does this when a hunter corners him.
Possum pretends to be dead to escape, and the passage explicitly says that ever since he feigns death when cornered by a hunter.
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