Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ancestral fire and words end mourning

ancestral_fire_and_words_end_mourning

A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition 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

  • Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 21701-21821 confidence: high

    A speaker says the addressee has made a fire for them from the speaker's grandfathers' crest, thanks him, and says they will be warm and will no longer mourn because of kind words.

    The initial speech says a fire has been made from the grandfathers' crest, that the people will be warm, and that they will no longer mourn because of kind words.

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