Motif
Dangerous old woman with a powerful vessel
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A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 3955-4050 confidence: low
The father warns the boys that there is a dangerous old woman with a jug and says that whenever she points it at anything, it is drawn; the sentence is truncated by the passage boundary.
The father warns of a dangerous old woman with a jug and says that when she points it at anything, it is drawn; the episode continues beyond the provided passage.
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 4020-4115 confidence: low
The hunter warns his sons about a dangerous old woman with a jug; whenever she points it at anything, that thing is drawn toward it.
The father warns of an old woman whose jug draws toward it whatever she points at.
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