Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

ancestral pair emerging from water

ancestral_pair_emerging_from_water

A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


navajo

  • Navaho Legends I. THE STORY OF THE EMERGENCE. / II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION.; lines 6515-6573 confidence: high

    At Tó`tso, Big Water, a man and a woman came up out of the water, joined the Bitá`ni, and their descendants formed the Tó`tsoni gens.

    A man and woman come up out of the water at Tó`tso, join the Bitá`ni, and become ancestors of the Tó`tsoni gens.

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