Motif
hidden children inside a sacred object
hidden_children_inside_a_sacred_object
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american plains
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Traditions of the Arikara FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 3731-3830 confidence: medium
The woman says her children are in the sacred buffalo robe; when the robe is opened, a nest will be visible there.
The woman’s children are concealed as young ones in a nest inside the sacred or white buffalo robe, and the young man retrieves them from it.
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