Motif
Captured enemy weapons displayed on a high hill
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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
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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / ABSTRACTS.; lines 9517-9627 confidence: medium
After Sioux capture old women and children, a young man, his brother, and father pursue them; the young man looks at stars, trees, and everything before the attack; the war-whoop seems joined by trees and everything, enemies flee, bows are captured, many are killed, and bows and arrows are set on a high hill.
After enemies are frightened and defeated, bows and arrows are set upon a high hill.
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