Motif
animal-hat and animal-call halt violence
animal_hat_and_animal_call_halt_violence
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power 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 19384-19512 confidence: high
A Cohoes person whose house is behind runs down with the raven hat, makes the raven noise, says “G̣ā,” and because the raven is heard they do not kill one another.
A Cohoes person with a raven hat imitates a raven, and the people do not kill one another because the raven is heard.
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