Motif
Former greatness and decline
former_greatness_and_decline
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS; lines 24524-24618 confidence: high
"It is simply another version of the common tale of decadent nations, 'We were once as great as you.'"
The author explicitly classifies the story as a version of the common tale of decadent nations: 'We were once as great as you.'
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