Motif
Animated shamanic implements identify the true place
animated_shamanic_implements_identify_the_true_place
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.
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1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT WRANGELL; lines 7457-7552 confidence: medium
Sǃāwᴀˊn's rattle and belt run to the correct house; the people are land otters who call him by name and say their shamans cannot see what is killing the sick one.
Sǃāwᴀˊn's rattle and belt run ashore ahead of him and enter the proper house, exposing the correct location of the sick person.
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