Motif
Defensive body turns projectile aside
defensive_body_turns_projectile_aside
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 9426-9539 confidence: high
At the pool the boys find their Turtle grandfather paddling in scum and eating water-rushes; they decide to have fun with him, shoot an arrow at his back, and the arrow glances upward after striking him.
The arrow strikes the Turtle’s back and glances upward, forcing the boys to run.
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