Motif
cross-species foster child raised as a son
cross_species_foster_child_raised_as_a_son
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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inuit
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The Central Eskimo THE CONSTELLATION UDLEQDJUN. / ORIGIN OF THE ADLET AND OF THE QADLUNAIT. / THE GREAT FLOOD. / THE BEAR STORY.; lines 9633-9684 confidence: high
A woman obtains a polar bear cub only a few days old, nurses and tends it like a son, gives it a warm bed beside her own, talks to it like a child, and lives alone with it because she has no living relatives.
A human woman adopts and nurtures a polar bear cub as a son, and the bear grows into a socially responsive child-like figure.
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