Motif
Circular ritual fire with eastern opening
circular_ritual_fire_with_eastern_opening
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee THE EASTERN BAND / III--NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH / SYNONYMS / IV--STORIES AND STORY TELLERS; lines 10965-11053 confidence: medium
Pine splints were sometimes placed crosswise in a circle around the fire with an eastern break and burned around the circle; Lawson described an identical circular fire custom among the Waxhaw on the Catawba River in 1701.
Pine splints are arranged crosswise in a circle around the fire with a break on the eastern side, and a similar circular fire is reported among the Waxhaw.
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