Motif
Animated driftwood spouse as sea-animal provider
animated_driftwood_spouse_as_sea_animal_provider
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
inuit
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The Central Eskimo THE EMIGRATION OF THE SAGDLIRMIUT. / KALOPALING. / THE UISSUIT. / KIVIUNG.; lines 8982-9030 confidence: high
Kiviung travels along the shore to a lamp-lit hut; a woman and daughter live there with a driftwood son-in-law that is launched with the tide, returns with eight seals, feeds the household, and later leaves permanently.
A driftwood log functions as a husband and repeatedly returns from the tide with seals attached to its boughs, feeding the household.
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