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Mice

Small rodent characters appearing in some tales.

minor

Also known as the Mice, The Mice, their

First appearance: zuni folktales

Mice shows up with force in The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Field-mice who help dress the buckskins overnight, enabling the twins to complete the maiden's challenge.
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In The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks: Field-mice who help dress the buckskins overnight, enabling the twins to complete the maiden's challenge. Later, in The Prairie-Dogs and Their Priest, the Burrowing-Owl: The…

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Character Web

46 connections

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TRThe RavensTMThe MaidenBRBrotherOMOld MítsinaCOCoyoteMIMice

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Twin War Gods and Companions
  • Diverse Mythical and Animal Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the children’s joyful play turns to horror as the elder siste…

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