Motif
Dangerous carried child cast into water and transformed into marine life
dangerous_carried_child_cast_into_water_and_transformed_into_marine_life
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE TWO BROTHERS / THE CLEFT IN THE ROCK WHICH CLOSED UP1 / A WEST GREENLANDIC INTERIOR / THE WOMAN WHO ATE MEN; lines 13384-13533 confidence: medium
The man returns; the woman again calls him up, denies being the one who nearly murdered him, and the man points to the dangerous-nailed child in her back-bag; she throws it into the water, where its parts become blue mussels, seaweed, and sea-plants.
The man warns of the child's dangerous nails; the woman throws the bag-child into the water, and its body parts become blue mussels, seaweed, and sea-plants.
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