Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Ceremonial prayer as song or chant

ceremonial_prayer_as_song_or_chant

A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


native american southeast

  • Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 23038-23137 confidence: medium

    The passage says many Indian ceremonial prayers and invocations are in the form of songs or chants.

    The passage notes that many ceremonial prayers and invocations are performed as songs or chants.

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