Motif
canoe-borne visitors received with food
canoe_borne_visitors_received_with_food
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest 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 19912-20037 confidence: medium
In the ninth month a skin canoe is seen from the direction of Copper River; the people come ashore and are identified as Kā́gwantān from the mouth of Copper River.
The Kā́gwantān arrive by skin canoe from Copper River, are called ashore and into a house, and are given food.
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