Motif
ancestral dead restore displaced kin property
ancestral_dead_restore_displaced_kin_property
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 21568-21699 confidence: medium
The speech compares the mourner’s state to the flood: houses and memorial poles are flooded and drift away, grandfathers make it go down, ancestral dead gather the houses and poles, floor planks are put down, and a fire is made from the frog-hat emblem to warm the mourner.
The dead of the grandfathers’ people gather the uncles’ houses and memorial poles, while the grandfathers’ words are credited with causing houses and poles to drift ashore at good places.
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