Motif
animal cry as rain omen or rain-making sign
animal_cry_as_rain_omen_or_rain_making_sign
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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 26569-26801 confidence: high
dagan`tû means he makes it rain and names a small lizard whose cry is said to presage rain; it is also called a plural form glossed as rain-maker.
The lizard dagan`tû is glossed as he makes it rain, and its cry is said to presage rain; a related plural form is glossed as rain-maker.
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