Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

captured enemy weapons displayed as memorial

captured_enemy_weapons_displayed_as_memorial

A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


native american plains

  • Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7837-7876 confidence: high

    The people capture the enemy’s bows and several people, follow the enemy, and kill many the next day.

    The enemy’s bows and arrows are taken and set up on a high hill, with one bow in the middle and others resting on it.

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