Motif
Hidden bodily weak point revealed by a small helper
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A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION. / HERO TALES. / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS.; lines 8237-8329 confidence: high
A sparrow reveals All-bones' vulnerable places at the collarbone and anus. The eagle plume protects the young man from being horned, and he shoots All-bones in those places until All-bones dies.
A sparrow reveals that All-bones lacks bone at the collarbone and anus; the young man shoots those places and kills him.
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