Motif
elder-guided preparation for dangerous hunt
elder_guided_preparation_for_dangerous_hunt
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal 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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Eskimo Folk-Tales ESKIMO FOLK-TALES / THE TWO FRIENDS WHO SET OFF TO TRAVEL ROUND THE WORLD / THE COMING OF MEN, A LONG, LONG WHILE AGO / QUJAVARSSUK; lines 1233-1366 confidence: high
The old man says they use speckled skin for whales and that the animals are then at the mouth of the river.
The old man gives technical knowledge about speckled skin for whale hunting, prepares the skin, and identifies the whale breathing.
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