Motif
Jealous childless rival threatens another man's child
jealous_childless_rival_threatens_another_man_s_child
A motif of the Jealous Stepmother and Persecuted Child family, within the sub-family Female Kin, Co-wives, and Rival Threats. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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Eskimo Folk-Tales ANGANGUJUK / ATARSSUAQ / PUAGSSUAQ / TUNGUJULUK AND SAUNIKOQ; lines 5457-5535 confidence: high
Tungujuluk has a son and teaches him to paddle a kayak; Saunikoq has no children, becomes jealous, and begins planning evil.
Saunikoq has no children, becomes jealous when Tungujuluk teaches his son to paddle, and approaches in bear form to kill the son.
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