Motif
Animated animal-skeleton weapon defeats giant
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A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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 10750-10849 confidence: high
A second giant attacks; the boy throws a beaver-skeleton club, which chews off the attacker's legs, and the first giant kills him and throws his body into the lake.
A club made from an entire beaver skeleton begins chewing the second giant's leg and removes both legs, allowing the first giant to kill him.
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