Motif
Ceremonial road to a sacred water threshold
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A motif of the Sacred Waters and Passage Through Water family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Zuni Folk Tales THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE / THE POOR TURKEY GIRL / HOW THE SUMMER BIRDS CAME / THE SERPENT OF THE SEA; lines 3103-3203 confidence: medium
In the plaza, amid lamentation, the people dress the maiden in sacred cotton robes and ornaments, paint red spots on her cheeks, make a sacred meal road toward the Doorway spring with four terraced steps, and tell her to call the Serpent.
The people mark a sacred meal road with four terraced steps toward a spring called the Doorway to the Serpent of the Sea before the maiden calls the Serpent.
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