Motif
Feather transformed into sword
feather_transformed_into_sword
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
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 6662-6758 confidence: high
The boy asks about horses and his mother’s brothers, rides the gray bob-tailed horse toward the place of disappearance, finds a feather that turns into a sword, wears an eagle plume, and is said to be white like the swallowed stone.
The boy rubs a wing or bird feather and it becomes a sword, which he keeps and later uses against the witch’s weapons.
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES.; lines 6727-6823 confidence: high
The young man finds a wing feather, rubs it into a sword, wears an eagle plume, is described as white like the swallowed stone, and encounters a bull that draws out the witch.
The young man rubs a feather from the quill upward and it becomes a sword, later described as shining and used against the witch.
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