Motif
Etiological animal mark from punishment
etiological_animal_mark_from_punishment
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
arctic inuit (1) · khoisan south african (1)
arctic inuit
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Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLII / WOMAN, FULL DRESS, NENENOT / TURNER.) FOLKLORE. 331 / TURNER.) FOLKLORE, 333; lines 11050-11151 confidence: high
The husband tells his wife to set a kettle of water to boil, hides outside, listens when the marten enters, and confronts him.
The marten's whitish throat spot and avoidance of humans are explained by the husband throwing hot water on him.
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khoisan south african
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South-African Folk-Tales WHY HAS JACKAL A LONG BLACK STRIPE ON HIS BACK? / HORSE CURSED BY SUN / LION'S DEFEAT / THE ORIGIN OF DEATH; lines 2731-2747 confidence: high
The Moon takes up a piece of wood and strikes the Hare on the nose; “Since that day the Hare's nose is slit.”
The Moon strikes the Hare's nose after the false message, and the passage concludes that the Hare's nose has been slit since that day.
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