Motif
ceremonial house construction and naming
ceremonial_house_construction_and_naming
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
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 19125-19255 confidence: high
All the people start off in the morning; ten canoes go toward the tree place to bring down timbers for a large house, and the opposite phratry paddles across singing.
The passage describes bringing tree timbers, carving posts including a wolf post, completing the house in one year, and naming it Wolf House.
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