Motif
Animal-based place naming
animal_based_place_naming
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
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS / GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS; lines 28801-28931 confidence: medium
Tsistetsi'yi is glossed as "Mouse place," from tsistetsi, mouse, and yi, locative; it names a former settlement and the present town of Cleveland.
Mouse place, Rabbit place, and Otter place are all given as place names formed from animal terms plus a locative element.
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