Motif
borrowed parental clothing averts death
borrowed_parental_clothing_averts_death
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record ALAQATSIAQ : BOY OF TEN / BAD SPIRITS / IMERARSUNGUAQ, AN ESKIMO HOST AT HOME / THE MIDDEN SPIRIT; lines 5341-5384 confidence: high
The spirit entices another little girl and notices that she is wearing very large boots and a very large coat.
The second girl’s father’s boots and mother’s fur-coat lead the spirit to send her home rather than kill her.
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