Motif
Dangerous nonhuman child with weaponized body
dangerous_nonhuman_child_with_weaponized_body
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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1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10750-10849 confidence: high
In “The Boy with Arrows on His Head,” Wᴀtsǃîhîˊtcî is born to a chief's daughter and her father's nephew; he has sharp arrow points on his head and kills his mother with them.
Wᴀtsǃîhîˊtcî is not exactly human, has arrow points on his head, kills his mother with them, and then kills people in the woods.
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