Motif
dream-composed songs
dream_composed_songs
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
3 occurrences
1 traditions
native american great lakes
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Chippewa Music C3 .2 / P.-S 33 / CO U / S S 5! S; lines 6568-6625 confidence: high
The moccasin game song group is introduced by title and song numbers; the passage says that in the old days most were "composed in dreams," though only a few such songs are included here.
The passage states that most moccasin game songs in the old days were said to have been composed in dreams.
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Chippewa Music RHYTHMIC UNIT / COMPARISON OF METRIC UNIT OF VOICE AND DRUM / CL 2 / CHIPPEWA MEDICINE POLES; lines 21518-21580 confidence: high
Awtin'aktim'igicklifi', glossed as 'fog covering the earth,' says he learned songs from old men as a boy and now sings songs that men of his village made up in dreams; his vocal manner is described.
A singer reports singing village songs made up in dreams, and the passage says twenty-six of forty recorded Waba'cing songs were said to have been composed in dreams.
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Chippewa Music II BUEEAU OF AMEKICAX ETHNOLOGY / OM . / T-( (N / S 3 5! 2; lines 4528-4583 confidence: high
The section is titled “MOCCASIN GAME SONGS” and states that in the old days most were “composed in dreams,” though only a few such songs are included.
The passage explicitly states that most moccasin game songs in the old days were said to have been composed in dreams.
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