Motif
beautiful dancers lure a visitor away from home and spouse
beautiful_dancers_lure_a_visitor_away_from_home_and_spouse
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales THE PINNACLES OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN 344 / INTRODUCTION / THE TRIAL OF LOVERS: / THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE; lines 1673-1756 confidence: medium
The youth is amused but does not smile during the long dance. Later an especially beautiful girl directs her smiles and merriment toward him while repeating the cry.
The maiden dancers’ merriment absorbs the youth, one dancer’s smiles lead to his laughter, and the maidens draw him into their dance and later to an overnight room.
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