Motif
baited concealed trap
baited_concealed_trap
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo LIST OF THE CENTRAL ESKIMO TRIBES. / SEAL, WALRUS, AND WHALE HUNTING. / DEER, MUSK OX, AND BEAR HUNTING. / HUNTING OF SMALL GAME.; lines 4566-4667 confidence: high
Wolves troubling winter villages may be trapped by a snow pit covered with a baited slab; a wall makes the wolf leap, break through the roof, and become trapped and killed.
Multiple hunting techniques use bait to draw an animal onto or into a hidden trap mechanism, including snow pits, ice houses, sliding doors, fox traps, and the gull snow-house method.
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