Motif
Animate game objects altering play
animate_game_objects_altering_play
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA / NOTES; lines 19842-19966 confidence: high
A stick-guessing game is explained: covered bundles of sticks are placed before an opponent, who guesses which bundle contains the relatively undecorated stick called the djîl.
The designed sticks in the game are described as alive and as moving the djîl to prevent an opponent’s identification.
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