Motif
animal councils judge and punish humans
animal_councils_judge_and_punish_humans
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning 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 SYNONYMS / IV--STORIES AND STORY TELLERS / V--THE MYTHS / WAHNENAUHI VERSION; lines 11961-12050 confidence: high
Bears meet in council under Kuwâ'hi mountain with the old White Bear chief presiding; they complain that Man kills them, eats them, and uses their skins, and decide on war.
Multiple animal groups meet in councils to deliberate over Man's violence and decide on war, rheumatism, dreams, or diseases.
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