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Motif

Affliction from prior hostile contact and ritual cure

affliction_from_prior_hostile_contact_and_ritual_cure

A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION. / NATI'NESTHANI.; lines 8539-8629 confidence: medium

    The Navaho visits Kintyél unrecognized; Eagles had molded him in beauty. The pueblo people suffer a new disease from eaglet feathers after attacking the nest, and he says his shaman brother can cure it.

    The pueblo people suffer disease from eaglet feathers after attacking the nest, and the Navaho proposes a curing rite by his brother.

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