Motif
brotherly loyalty unto shared death
brotherly_loyalty_unto_shared_death
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs 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 HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES. / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS.; lines 13857-13953 confidence: high
The boys herd horses; a gray horse breaks its leg, they drive the horses away, are found, and face threatened killing. One asks to die if the other is killed. The Sun and Morningstar had adopted them while they were out with horses.
When one captive boy is threatened with killing, the other says he wants to be killed too if the boy is killed.
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