Motif
Animal wives as hunting helpers
animal_wives_as_hunting_helpers
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation 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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Tsimshian Mythology BOAS J / TSIMSHIAN MYTHS / TSIMSHIAN MYTHS / JJJ J; lines 13282-13386 confidence: high
Wild animals including panthers, grizzly bears, black bears, white bears, wolverenes, and others gather. Mother Wolf presents the prince as her adopted son, orders them to honor and not hurt him, gives him her two daughters as wives, and feeds the guests.
Mother Wolf gives the prince her two daughters as wives; they later accompany him hunting and catch animals that he misses.
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