Motif
borrowed object theft explains animal attribute loss
borrowed_object_theft_explains_animal_attribute_loss
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.
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native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee V--THE MYTHS / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION; lines 13876-13981 confidence: high
Terrapin owns a whistle; Partridge borrows it, runs ahead, flies to a tree, and never returns it; Terrapin is later described as hiding in his box after losing whistle and scalp.
Partridge borrows Terrapin's whistle under a promise to return it, then flies away and Terrapin never recovers it.
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