Motif
Child recognizes a disguised parent
child_recognizes_a_disguised_parent
A motif of the Recognition Tokens and Identity Proofs 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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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7221-7298 confidence: high
Wanting to see her child, the woman and lover paint themselves as men and wait near a rock by a spring. The boy comes for water, sees the disguised woman, and tells his father that he has seen his mother.
The boy sees the disguised woman at the spring and tells his father that one of the two people is his mother.
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