Motif
animated hungry vessel requiring feeding
animated_hungry_vessel_requiring_feeding
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container 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 12933-13066 confidence: high
A place associated with the sun is called the father’s town; a baby is born; the father’s grizzly-bear canoe is loaded, supplied with a grease box, walks away, turns back when hungry, and is fed by breaking the grease box before its bow.
The grizzly-bear canoe moves on its own, becomes hungry, turns back, and is fed by breaking a grease box before its bow.
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