Motif
etiological origin accounts
etiological_origin_accounts
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
3 traditions
arctic inuit (1) · native american plains (1) · native american southwest (1)
arctic inuit
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Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory ETHNOLOGY / OF THE / UNGAVA DISTRICT, HUDSON BAY TERRITORY. / CONTENTS.; lines 66-193 confidence: medium
Koksoagmyut folklore entries include origins of the Innuit, white people, living things on earth and in water, guillemots, raven, loon's back spots, gulls, hawks, swallow, mosquitoes, and titles involving hare, wolf, a man and his fox wife, rivals, a jealous man, and an orphan boy.
The contents list many titles beginning with or otherwise framed as origins: origin of the Innuit, living things, several birds, mosquitoes, animal markings, and celestial bodies.
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native american plains
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Traditions of the Caddo Traditions of the Caddo / CURATOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM / WASHINGTON, D. C: / CONTENTS.; lines 130-305 confidence: medium
'The Creation and Early Migrations'; 'The Origin of Day and Night'; 'Coyote regulates Life after Death'; 'Coyote and the Origin of Death.'
Titles name origins of day and night, animals, death, and medicine-men.
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native american southwest
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The Sia ETHNOLOGY / OF THE / UN6AVA DISTRICT, HUDSON BAY TERRITORY. / CONTENTS.; lines 7635-7879 confidence: medium
Contents headings include "Origin of the Innuit," "The coming of the white people," "Origin of living things on the earth and in the water," "Origin of the guillemots," "Origin of the raven," "Origin of the quadrangular spots on the loon's back," "Origin of the gulls," "Origin of the hawks," and "Origin of the swallow."
The contents list multiple folklore entries framed as origins, including origins of the Innuit, living things, several birds, and the quadrangular spots on the loon's back.
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