Motif
children trapped by a magically closing rock
children_trapped_by_a_magically_closing_rock
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record A WEST GREENLANDIC STORY-TELLER / THE TWO BROTHERS / THE CLEFT IN THE ROCK WHICH CLOSED UP1 / A WEST GREENLANDIC INTERIOR; lines 13306-13382 confidence: high
Children play in the cleft and their cries frighten animals away from the floes.
Children are playing in a cleft when an angry old man commands the hill to close; the rock shuts over them and they die inside.
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