Motif
hostile grandmother sends supernatural boy toward fatal animal dangers
hostile_grandmother_sends_supernatural_boy_toward_fatal_animal_dangers
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child 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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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 2273-2346 confidence: high
The old woman says the boy did right but is secretly angry, sees his supernatural powers, plans to send him to her wild animals, mourns the serpent as her husband, and says the boy killed his grandfather.
After recognizing the boy's supernatural powers, the old woman wants him killed and sends him toward places associated with dangerous wild animals.
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