Motif
ancestral house overturned in bereavement
ancestral_house_overturned_in_bereavement
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
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 23791-23924 confidence: medium
Song 75, used for mourning and dancing after a brother died, asks for help and says it is as if the speaker's grandfathers' house were turning over with him.
The mourner says it is as if his grandfathers' house were turning over with him and asks who will save him.
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