Motif
child raised by buffalo fathers as patrons
child_raised_by_buffalo_fathers_as_patrons
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.
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1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS.; lines 8331-8433 confidence: high
The young man reaches camp, where young women are playing ball; he calls one woman mother, and when questioned he says she put him into the buffalo wallow and that his fathers raised him.
The young man says his fathers raised him; the seven bulls are treated as his fathers, and his son is later raised among buffalo grandfathers.
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