Motif
destruction of a town with a remnant escaping in five canoes
destruction_of_a_town_with_a_remnant_escaping_in_five_canoes
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect FIGHTS BETWEEN THE TSIMSHIAN AND HAIDA AND AMONG THE NORTHERN HAIDA / WARS WITH THE NISKA AND TSIMSHIAN AND CONFLICTS BETWEEN HAIDA FAMILIES / WAR BETWEEN THE PEBBLE-TOWN PEOPLE AND THE SLAVES / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE PEOPLE OF NINSTINTS; lines 18270-18320 confidence: medium
Common-town people watch from canoes and do not wish to fight; only five canoes of the Sand-town people escape; after spears are removed from the slain, Common-town people carry in the dead bodies.
Only five canoes of the Sand-town people escape, and the people of Chief-discovered’s town are said to be destroyed.
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