Motif
Human technology overcomes animal strength
human_technology_overcomes_animal_strength
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Weaponry and Human Superiority over Animals. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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khoisan south african
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South-African Folk-Tales THE TIGER, THE RAM, AND THE JACKAL / THE JACKAL AND THE WOLF / A JACKAL AND A WOLF / THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN; lines 578-648 confidence: medium
Lion advances on the hunter; the dogs beset him and are pushed aside, the hunter fires a charge of shot, stabs Lion with a steel knife, and Lion retreats while bullets follow him.
Lion can scatter the dogs but retreats after the hunter's shot, knife, and bullets, then concedes the title of strongest to the man.
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