Motif
stolen costume recovered by stratagem
stolen_costume_recovered_by_stratagem
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hopi
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The Traditions of the Hopi THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOP1. / STARS.' / HIS WIFE. 1 / FOR THEIR LIFE. 1; lines 6883-6935 confidence: high
The maiden jumps into the kiva through the opening, closes it, says she will not return the costume, and the grandmother says she warned the youth that the maiden takes things from young men.
The maiden withholds the youth's costume, and the youth recovers it by using game as a lure and closing the kiva opening.
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