Motif
Commanding water to restore sea-animal kin
commanding_water_to_restore_sea_animal_kin
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WAR BETWEEN THE WEST COAST HAIDA AND THE TLINGIT / WAR BETWEEN THE WEST COAST HAIDA AND THE TLINGIT / ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS / RAVEN TRAVELING; lines 6488-6588 confidence: medium
The boy says his fathers will come from Naēku′n; canoes cover the beach, the fathers are Killer-whales, the mother sprinkles water on ʟg̣anxē′la while leaving her husband to perish, and the boy has water called back so the whales return.
After killer-whale fathers come ashore and fall down, the boy orders a slave to call the water to cover them; the tide returns and the whales return to Naēku′n.
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