Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


native american plains

  • 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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