Motif
deceased person received by relatives after death
deceased_person_received_by_relatives_after_death
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 21349-21441 confidence: high
In the bereaved man’s speech, the living guests are not the smokers of the tobacco; long-dead uncles and mothers smoke it. The deceased woman is said not to be dead but held by aunts and greeted by father’s brothers. A dead chief has come back and wiped away tears.
The ritual speech says the deceased woman is not dead, is held on her aunts’ laps, and has her hands shaken by her father’s brothers.
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