Motif
animated weapons empowered by a wizard's breath
animated_weapons_empowered_by_a_wizard_s_breath
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Eskimo Folk-Tales THE MAN WHO AVENGED THE WIDOWS / THE MAN WHO WENT OUT TO SEARCH FOR HIS SON / ATUNGAIT, WHO WENT A-WANDERING / KUMAGDLAK AND THE LIVING ARROWS; lines 3459-3511 confidence: high
His wife reports an umiak and kayaks. Kumagdlak lies in the house with a bad leg, asks for his arrows, and the arrows tremble because their points are made from men's shinbones and their master is uneasy.
The passage states that Kumagdlak can breathe life into his arrows, causing them to fly toward enemies and kill them.
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