Motif
Former age of greater vitality and perception
former_age_of_greater_vitality_and_perception
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE INTERIOR OF OTAQ'S HOUSE, FACING THE ENTRANCE / A POLAR HARE / PART III / MAJAQ.; lines 6324-6352 confidence: medium
Earlier men had “stronger vital sap”; the eye saw things now hidden, and the tongue carried down the experiences of the old men.
The passage contrasts earlier men with stronger vital sap and hidden sight against a later condition of diluted vital sap and diminished understanding.
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