Motif
Hunted animal transformed into tools, shelter materials, and clothing
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A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Food, Fire, and Material Resources. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo HUNTING OF SMALL GAME. / FISHING. / MANUFACTURES. / MAKING LEATHER AND PREPARING SKINS.; lines 4740-4834 confidence: high
Most implements are made from parts of hunted animals; skins are used for clothing, building, and boat covering; bone, walrus tusk, and narwhal horn supplement scarce wood.
The passage repeatedly describes animal bodies, especially seals, as sources of skins, bone, tusk, horn, blubber, and other materials used for implements, clothing, tents, bags, and boat covering.
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