Motif
Animated guide object leads a sea journey
animated_guide_object_leads_a_sea_journey
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects 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 WAR BETWEEN THE WEST COAST HAIDA AND THE TLINGIT / ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS / RAVEN TRAVELING / A-SLENDER-ONE-WHO-WAS-GIVEN-AWAY; lines 6933-7039 confidence: high
The head slave, a good hunter with a sea-otter spear, pushes off, throws the spear into the water, and follows as it moves by throwing its tail and making ripples.
The searcher throws a sea-otter spear into the water; it moves by itself, makes ripples, tows or guides the canoe, and is later used to brace the edge of the sky.
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