Motif
Battle omens and portents
battle_omens_and_portents
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination 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 THE REJECTED LOVER / HE WHO GATHERED FOOD FOR AN EAGLE / A RAID ON THE TLINGIT / RAID BY THE NINSTINTS HAIDA ON THOSE OF THE WEST COAST; lines 16674-16725 confidence: high
The hunter goes out to sea and returns; his guns are heard at G̣ētgā′ñ; two shamans whip enemy souls; a white raven is said to enter the inlet; after two nights of salt-water drinking, the warriors go out.
The white raven, headless cormorant, dropping drying frames, and Tia's bleeding neck are all presented around the war encounter as unusual signs or portents.
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