Motif
Bride promised for recovery of slain kinsman’s remains
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A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 12016-12109 confidence: high
The tale titled 'The Man who rescued his Brother-in-Law' begins: a young girl refuses suitors, her brother’s war party is destroyed, she promises marriage for part of his body, and a young man prepares moccasins and arrows and departs.
A girl promises marriage to anyone who brings part of her brother’s body after his war party is destroyed.
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