Motif
abandoned enemy settlement burned
abandoned_enemy_settlement_burned
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect FIGHTS BETWEEN THE TSIMSHIAN AND HAIDA AND AMONG THE NORTHERN HAIDA / WARS WITH THE NISKA AND TSIMSHIAN AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN HAIDA FAMILIES / WAR BETWEEN THE PEBBLE-TOWN PEOPLE AND THE SLAVES / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE PEOPLE OF NINSTINTS; lines 18151-18268 confidence: high
A war expedition reaches the fort at night, finds it empty at dawn with property left in houses, and burns the fort and houses.
The expedition finds the fort empty with property left behind and burns the fort and houses without knowing why the inhabitants left.
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