Motif
Child helper warns and guides threatened parent
child_helper_warns_and_guides_threatened_parent
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth 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 TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 5750-5853 confidence: high
A sea blocks the travelers; the boy warns Looks-down that the grandmother is bad and will eat him; at camp the grandmother opens a stone door for the woman and child, shuts it against Looks-down, and he enters as a feather.
The boy warns Looks-down that the grandmother will eat him and later tells him how to pass the recognition tests.
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