Motif
Aquatic skill used to defeat stronger pursuers
aquatic_skill_used_to_defeat_stronger_pursuers
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser 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 TWO LITTLE OUTCASTS / ATDLARNEQ, THE GREAT GLUTTON / ANGANGUJUK / ATARSSUAQ; lines 5260-5403 confidence: high
The boy goes close to the water; the kayakers think he has fallen in, search for him, and follow as he repeatedly dives and resurfaces, leading them far out into the open sea toward a grounded iceberg.
The boy uses diving, underwater movement, and open water to evade and lure many hostile kayakers, then overturns and drowns them.
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