Motif
clan-linked origin or possession of tobacco
clan_linked_origin_or_possession_of_tobacco
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication 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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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA / NOTES; lines 21074-21242 confidence: medium
The note says the cousin term indicates a woman of the other clan, apparently the Eagle clan, while the hero is a Raven, and infers that tobacco may originally have belonged to the Eagle clan.
The note infers that tobacco was supposed to have belonged originally to the Eagle clan.
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