Motif
annual ritual renewal of guardian presence
annual_ritual_renewal_of_guardian_presence
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales HOW THE CORN-PESTS WERE ENSNARED / JACK-RABBIT AND COTTONTAIL / THE RABBIT HUNTRESS AND HER ADVENTURES / THE UGLY WILD BOY WHO DROVE THE BEAR AWAY FROM SOUTHEASTERN MESA; lines 10519-10623 confidence: medium
Semblances of the twins are made anew each year and placed at mid-sun on the Mountain of Thunder and Mountain of the Beloved so they may guard the Land of Zuñi from sunrise to sunset and block enemy pathways.
The passage states that semblances of the twins are made anew each year and placed on mountains so the twins may remember and guard the Land of Zuñi.
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