Motif
Armored defender cannot be pierced by arrows during a siege
armored_defender_cannot_be_pierced_by_arrows_during_a_siege
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness 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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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE STIKINE AND SITKA TLINGIT / FIGHTS BETWEEN THE TSIMSHIAN AND HAIDA AND AMONG THE NORTHERN HAIDA / WARS WITH THE NISKA AND TSIMSHIAN AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN HAIDA FAMILIES / WAR BETWEEN THE PEBBLE-TOWN PEOPLE AND THE SLAVES; lines 17884-17991 confidence: high
Always-ready comes out through the smoke hole, walks on the roof in armor, and arrows do not pierce him; later attackers try to roll stones from the cliff, but the stones skip over the houses.
Always-ready walks on the fort roof wearing armor, and arrows shot at him do not pierce him.
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