Motif
dangerous long-nailed host attacks a water-seeking visitor
dangerous_long_nailed_host_attacks_a_water_seeking_visitor
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo KALOPALING. / THE UISSUIT. / KIVIUNG. / ORIGIN OF THE NARWHAL.; lines 9033-9133 confidence: high
The siblings reach a hut where Qitua´jung lives; he is called very bad and has horribly long fingernails. The thirsty brother sends his sister to ask for water, and Qitua´jung says it stands behind the lamp.
Qitua´jung directs the sister to water and attacks her with long nails when she bends to the bucket; her brother then kills him.
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