Motif
bereaved nonhuman chief mirrors human mourner
bereaved_nonhuman_chief_mirrors_human_mourner
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition 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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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11161-11242 confidence: high
The next day the smallest bear comes back in human form, speaks Tlingit, says he had been a human captured and adopted by bears, and explains that the chief said he was like the man because he too had lost all his friends and should be remembered during mourning.
The interpreter explains that the bear chief has also lost all his friends and tells the man to think of him while mourning.
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