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Motif

Attack on a monster's vital heart from a protected passage

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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.

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1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends THE NAVAHO ORIGIN LEGEND. / I. THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE. / II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS.; lines 4714-4781 confidence: high

    Nayénezgani enters the tunnel, sees Téelget's beating heart through an ascending shaft, shoots a chain-lightning arrow, flees through four tunnels, and Téelget falls still while tearing open the north tunnel.

    Nayénezgani uses the ascending shaft in the tunnel to see Téelget's beating heart and shoot it, then escapes through a sequence of tunnels.

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