Motif
animated weapons sent by a magician
animated_weapons_sent_by_a_magician
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.
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arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE ORPHAN WHO BECAME A GIANT / MITSIMA, WHO FROZE TO DEATH / KUMAGDLAK, WITH THE LIVING ARROWS / DALRYMPLE ROCK; lines 8476-8541 confidence: high
Kumagdlak has arrows with birds' feathers; as a great magician, he breathes on the feathers to make the arrows alive, and he uses the thong of his childhood carrying bag to make enemy arrows swerve aside.
Kumagdlak breathes on the feathers of his arrows to make them alive so that they fly toward enemies and kill them.
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