Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

canoe crafted for war

canoe_crafted_for_war

A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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

  • Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect HOW SHINING-HEAVENS CAUSED HIMSELF TO BE BORN / HOW MASTER-CARPENTER BEGAN MAKING A CANOE TO WAR WITH SOUTHEAST / THE CANOE PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEADDRESSES / THE GIRL WHO FED A RAVEN; lines 2543-2556 confidence: medium

    The supplied locator label gives the heading path: “HOW SHINING-HEAVENS CAUSED HIMSELF TO BE BORN / HOW MASTER-CARPENTER BEGAN MAKING A CANOE TO WAR WITH SOUTHEAST / THE CANOE PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEADDRESSES / THE GIRL WHO FED A RAVEN.”

    The locator heading states that Master-Carpenter began making a canoe to war with Southeast.

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