Motif
fire object acquired for household use
fire_object_acquired_for_household_use
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 4053-4151 confidence: medium
The mother warns of a dangerous man, one of whose moccasins is of fire. Spring-boy becomes a whirlwind, takes the moccasins, burns the tipi and man, and the boys plan to bring the fire-moccasins home for their mother.
The boys take fire-moccasins from a dangerous man and say their mother has difficulty building a fire, so they will bring the fire-moccasins home for her.
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