Motif
risking the storm to obtain seal food for the settlement
risking_the_storm_to_obtain_seal_food_for_the_settlement
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. 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 THE HOUSE. / CLOTHING, DRESSING OF THE HAIR, AND TATTOOING. / SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. / DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS.; lines 6521-6575 confidence: high
When starvation threatens, a daring man may go sealing in the storm, wait at a breathing hole, hear the seal blowing, and kill it.
A daring man goes sealing during a storm and waits at a breathing hole until he can kill a seal.
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