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Motif

Blessing in all directions with pollen-road homecoming

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A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends FEMALE. / NAVAHO MUSIC. / BY PROF. JOHN COMFORT FILLMORE. / TEXTS AND INTERLINEAR TRANSLATIONS.; lines 12767-12978 confidence: medium

    The good things are described as before, behind, below, above, and all around the addressee; in this way the addressee happily accomplishes tasks.

    Good things are described before, behind, below, above, and all around the addressee, and the passage ends with a pollen trail on the road as people get home.

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