Motif
Dead summon living relatives through representative objects
dead_summon_living_relatives_through_representative_objects
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7075-7124 confidence: high
The dancers have dried willow sticks representing relatives still living on earth; each man calls his people to the dead, and the dry willows are used because the dead want living relatives to become sick and dry up like the willows.
Dancers hold dried willow sticks representing living relatives, call their people to the dead, and move the sticks toward themselves during songs.
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