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Motif

avoidance of false or mistaken offering

avoidance_of_false_or_mistaken_offering

A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION. / NATI'NESTHANI. / NOTES.; lines 8813-8880 confidence: medium

    Only the hollow reed internode is used. The solid node is split and discarded so gods do not mistake it for a cigarette. Debris goes north of the medicine-lodge; commercial tobacco is forbidden; a feather plug and moist pollen hold tobacco in place.

    The solid reed node is split and discarded so that gods will not mistake it for a true cigarette and suffer disappointment.

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