Motif
Drum used for making peace
drum_used_for_making_peace
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
-
Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 23469-23623 confidence: high
Song 53 was composed by Sāxaˊ of the Box-house people about Among-the-brant, a Kîksᴀˊdî man, and was sung at feasts and in making peace.
Song 54 compares the speaker to a drum beaten to make peace, and the note to song 53 says the song was sung at feasts and in making peace.
read in the book →