Motif
dangerous urging or teasing releases destructive transformation
dangerous_urging_or_teasing_releases_destructive_transformation
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS. / MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 10431-10527 confidence: high
The elder sister is urged to become a bear; she covers her back with a young buffalo-hide blanket, ties her waist with a rope, and is placed among willows where boys and girls are eating rose berries.
The elder sister says she becomes a bear because she was urged, children continue treating her as an object of play, and she kills or devours people after transforming.
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