Motif
coordinated attack on a harmful animated object
coordinated_attack_on_a_harmful_animated_object
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southwest
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Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights: Being the Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona NOTES ON THE STORY OF THE TURQUOISES / THE STORY OF WAYHOHM, TOEHAHVS AND TOTTAI / NOTES ON THE STORY OF WAYHOHM / THE STORY OF HAWAWK; lines 2964-3050 confidence: high
The people summon Toehahvs and Gee-ah-duk Seeven to kill the pot; Gee-ah-duk Seeven asks whether it sleeps and proposes killing it before it wakes.
Toehahvs confronts the pot directly while Gee-ah-duk Seeven attacks from the other side and smashes it when it throws boiling contents.
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