Motif
Origin of sea mammals from severed body parts
origin_of_sea_mammals_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 SOCIAL CUSTOMS IN SUMMER. / SOCIAL ORDER AND LAWS. / RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND THE ANGAKUNIRN (PRIESTHOOD). / SEDNA AND THE FULMAR.; lines 6991-7077 confidence: high
The pursuing fulmars raise a heavy storm; Sedna’s father throws her overboard, cuts off her finger joints and stumps as she clings to the boat, and the severed parts become whales, whalebone, seals, and ground seals.
Sedna’s cut finger joints and stumps become whales, seals, and ground seals, and her nails become whalebone.
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