approach towards storytelling never ended, but rather was kept as a way for different tribes to keep their cultural heritage.

Their ability to change into animals separated them from their tribes, but it also gave them strength. It enabled them to live independently, and in some cases defend themselves. Fleur used her ability to change into a bear to hunt for food, since no one else took care of her, "she laid the heart of and owl on her tongue so she could see at night, and went out, hunting, not even in her own body" ("Fleur", 62). Fleur got herself into trouble at times, and once had to change into a pig to save herself from a fellow gambler, Lucy, who "pushed her against the big fence and the package of coins (she won) split, went clinking and jumping, winked against the wood. Fleur rolled over once and vanished in the yard" (69). The girl in The Girl Who Married the Bear used her ability the same way, hibernating and collecting food with her husband, "they went into the den. They stayed there and slept. They woke up once a month and go up to eat" (10), just like bears. She eventually had to defend herself against her own brothers, a sad decision she had to make in order for herself and her cubs to survive. Therefore, in order to survive, both women were forced to kill other people, a decision that would further separate them from their people and make them have to live on their own.

Being outcasts, Fleur and the girl eventually have to kill the ones who care for them, thus showing their independence and strength as women, no matter how awful it seems. Fleur kills every man that saves her from drowning, men that were trying to help her, "by saving Fleur Pillager, those two men had lost themselves" ("Fleur", 61). The men who tried to save her had good intentions, while the family of the girl in The Girl Who Married the Bear tried to hurt her intentionally, forcing her to defend herself. Since she is betrayed by her family, who kills her husband and tries to kill her and her babies, she has no choice but to kill them all, all except her younger brother who showed compassion when giving her passed husband a proper burial, as she asked. Fleur cared for herself, and held good relationships only with people that she would benefit from, while the girl from the origin story showed love and compassion when dealing with all people, no matter what they had done to her. Even though Fleur and the girl may have had differences in remorse for what they had done, it defined who they were, and what was important to

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