Motif
communal food cache for travellers
communal_food_cache_for_travellers
A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record ESKIMO SLEDGE (CAPE YORK) / A NANSEN SLEDGE WITHOUT UPRIGHTS / THE OLD BEAR-HUNTER / ESKIMOS SINGING SPIRIT-SONGS, TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF DRUMS; lines 1754-1876 confidence: high
“These stores of meat are regarded as places of refreshment for any travellers”; the travellers eat walrus beef from one such deposit.
The passage describes meat deposits placed under stones and treated as refreshment places for any travellers in frequented districts.
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