Motif
Cannibal monster lures captives into a cave and serves human remains as food
cannibal_monster_lures_captives_into_a_cave_and_serves_human_remains_as_food
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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1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 10743-10847 confidence: high
Átahsaia seats the girls in the cave and serves food; the younger girl shows the elder a little hand bone, and the text states that the sweet-bread-like food is children’s flesh and bones.
Átahsaia brings the maidens into his cave, serves large bowls of food, and the younger sister detects the bones of a child’s hand in the sweet-bread-like food.
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