Motif
Bodily depletion into a small worm-like form
bodily_depletion_into_a_small_worm_like_form
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 9785-9954 confidence: medium
Amiwili warns the others aside, expels lizard leaves from his mouth, blinds and suffocates the Háwikuhkwe, and is reduced to a worm-sized remnant while the boys defeat or rout the enemies.
After using his body in the attack, Amiwili coughs away nearly all his substance and remains as a small worm-like body.
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