Motif
Armored monster with a specific vulnerable spot
armored_monster_with_a_specific_vulnerable_spot
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 southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 23333-23435 confidence: high
Editorial note identifies U`tlûñ'ta/Spear-finger as a notable Cherokee myth with multiple versions; in Ten Kate's version the stone coat of mail breaks after the monster's death and fragments are kept as amulets.
Several accounts involve a monster protected by stone or shell armor and killed by targeting an unprotected point such as the ear or throat-hole.
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