Motif
Four-directional cosmic ordering
four_directional_cosmic_ordering
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 123-250 confidence: high
White, Yellow, and Blue Whirlwinds stand by the earth after Black Whirlwind's act until it settles; the note gives black/east, white/south, yellow/west, and blue/north in a sunwise Apache circuit.
Four colored whirlwinds act in sequence to move the earth into place, and the note assigns the colors to east, south, west, and north in a sunwise circuit.
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