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Motif

Girl as helper.

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N831

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“Go very slowly, and you will reach there at night; it is not far from here. It is a very difficult country where you are going. Maybe you will not be able to get there.’”’ She gave him a stuffed frog and some glue. ‘“‘When- ever the mountains are too steep for you to climb, cry, ‘Where is my grandmother?’ put glue on your hands, and climb, and you will stick to the rocks. When you reach your next grand- mother, she will advise you well.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 54 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general Types 311, 313
  • general Dickson 52f.
  • general Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 71
Within the index

Filed under Human helpers.

1 finer motif beneath it
Mysterious housekeeper. Men find their house mysteriously put in order. Discover that it is done by a girl (frequently an animal transformed into a girl)
Filed beside it
Help from little manLame boy (girl) as helperOld person as helperHelp from beggar. (Cf. N825.3.1.)Child as helper. (Cf. N832.)Wise woman as helperBoy as helper. (Cf. N827)Wealthy (powerful) man as helperKing as helperQueen as helperHero (culture hero) as helperShepherd as helperCook as helperHermit as helperDervish as helperMagician as helper
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastityNuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeMiscellaneous forms of transformationMagic pastry (bread, cake, etc.)Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.)Infant picks out his unknown fatherSuccession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.)

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