Motif
ancestral emblems as protective barriers
ancestral_emblems_as_protective_barriers
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 22206-22342 confidence: high
The speech says the cane can be thrown behind the addressee so pursuers will not catch him; the grandfathers’ post/emblem will save him; long-dead uncles come ashore; a grandfathers’ canoe is invoked; dead uncles are said to be dancing; eagle feathers will come down and save like medicine.
The frog-cane, grandfathers’ post, emblem, and two emblems are described as saving the addressee from what is behind him or as a cliff behind which he will be saved.
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