Motif
Origin of marine animals from severed body parts
origin_of_marine_animals_from_severed_body_parts
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family, within the sub-family Marine Animals from Severed Body Parts. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Central Eskimo IGIMARASUGDJUQDJUAQ THE CANNIBAL. / THE WOMAN AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SINGING HOUSE. / THE CONSTELLATION UDLEQDJUN. / ORIGIN OF THE ADLET AND OF THE QADLUNAIT.; lines 9549-9586 confidence: high
Niviarsiang sends the young dogs to gnaw off Savirqong’s feet and hands. Savirqong later throws her overboard, cuts off her fingers as she holds the gunwale, and the fingers become seals and whales when they fall into the sea.
Niviarsiang’s severed fingers fall into the sea and are transformed into seals and whales.
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