Motif
four-direction world ordering and support
four_direction_world_ordering_and_support
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southwest
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Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache / CONTENTS; lines 1192-1271 confidence: high
The Sun rubs cuticle from his breast, divides it, makes a hummingbird messenger from one portion, and makes the earth from the other, placing it with four directions.
The earth is placed to have four directions and stabilized by repeated fourfold actions and supports at four points.
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