Motif
Cannibal food in an affinal household refused with hidden advice
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A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american southwest
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Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache / CONTENTS; lines 784-879 confidence: high
After killing monsters that preyed on earth’s peoples, Naiyenezgani comes to a high rock where Old Man Big Owl lives with two alike daughters; Owl perceives his desire and tells him to marry the daughter cleaning the cave and making a bed.
After marriage into the Owl household, the wife brings foods identified by the monitor as human brains, eyes, and flesh, and Naiyenezgani refuses them.
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