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N.A. Folktales 39 (Motif (People and not many gods (could have actually…
N.A. Folktales 39
Motif
prairie setting, people trying to hurt the Kiowa,
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talking animals, humans w/ power over animals, (main characters)
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Talking animals, consequences
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Origin
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Explains macaws and ravens, split between people of North and South
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Agalon wants to marry a sky person but they all run away from him; He transformed to catch her and married her, but she got homesick.
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Woman swallows feather and is impregnated; son has beak of a raven. Baby wants to play with dry bladder on the wall. Mother gave it to him and he broke it, spilling light into the world.
Sun Priest makes eggs appear out of a crack in the ground -- summer people and ravens (winter/ summer people); beautiful eggs hatched out macaw (smart), other eggs hatched out
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Owl & Raven: Owl dumps blubber oil on Raven as he was fitting him for a dress as a punishment for his movement/ noise.