Motif
Enemy fort vulnerable after all-night ceremonial singing
enemy_fort_vulnerable_after_all_night_ceremonial_singing
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
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF NINSTINTS AND THE PEOPLE OF SKIDEGATE / WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA; lines 19049-19156 confidence: medium
The party goes toward the fort before daylight; the fort people had sung all night for Wawayiê′la, who was acting in the secret society, and slept from weariness as the Haida came in front of them.
The fort people sing all night for Wawayiê′la’s secret-society action and sleep from weariness when the Haida arrive.
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