Motif
Inverted container releases hidden beings
inverted_container_releases_hidden_beings
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container 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 4268-4329 confidence: high
Coyote decides to steal the windpipe containing young men and imagines using it for buffalo hunting and fighting; the girl says her seven brothers and many young men emerge when it is turned upside down; she knows his plan and allows the theft.
The windpipe is described as containing the girl's brothers and many young men who come out when it is turned upside down; in Coyote's use, bumblebees come out instead.
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