Motif
taunting prey provokes fatal retaliation
taunting_prey_provokes_fatal_retaliation
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 NIGHT. 1 / HEAD. 2 / DOWNWARD. / UPWARD.; lines 10954-11084 confidence: high
The Hakwa thinks the Sparrow-Hawk is afraid, sings a taunting song about being fat and coveted, and dashes into a large crack in the rock after singing.
The Hakwa repeatedly taunts the Sparrow-Hawk with a song, angering it until the Sparrow-Hawk kills the Hakwa.
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