Motif
animal sign and vision connected to ceremonial song origin
animal_sign_and_vision_connected_to_ceremonial_song_origin
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southwest
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The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony ILLUSTRATIONS / THE MOUNTAIN CHANT: A NAVAJO CEREMONY. / INTRODUCTION. / SONGS OF SEQUENCE.; lines 3590-3759 confidence: high
The commentary says the song set was first sung by the black sheep which stood on the rock as a sign to the Navajo fugitive.
The commentary says the black sheep first sang the set of songs while standing on a rock as a sign, and that another Mountain Sheep song refers to the prophet's vision of the black sheep on the rock.
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