Motif
Animal warning before battle and protected warrior victory
animal_warning_before_battle_and_protected_warrior_victory
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS.; lines 14443-14539 confidence: high
The boy kills a buffalo as instructed, hunts more buffalo with another man, sees an eagle swoop near them, understands it as a warning to hide, then fights Sioux and kills nine while being hard to shoot.
During the buffalo hunt, an eagle swoops near the men; the boy understands this as a warning to hide, then survives a Sioux attack, kills nine enemies, and is difficult to shoot.
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