Motif
ancestral regalia form protective shelter after trouble
ancestral_regalia_form_protective_shelter_after_trouble
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 21701-21821 confidence: high
The orator applies the story to the addressee: the addressee's troubles are likened to Gîtǃîḱc, the grandfathers have lowered him like the Sun's children, made war clothes, placed a raven hat and emblems around him like a fort, and put raven boards over him so he is in a dry place.
The speech says the grandfathers put a raven hat, emblems like a fort, and raven boards around or over the addressee, moving him from rain into a dry place.
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