Motif
Hunters disappear and are returned as dust to a ritual container
hunters_disappear_and_are_returned_as_dust_to_a_ritual_container
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 4217-4266 confidence: high
The brothers stand on the north side; the girl prepares coals west of the fireplace with medicine and sweet grass; each brother passes bow and arrows through smoke, and then the brothers disappear.
After the hunt, the brothers disappear; the girl gathers dust from the ground and places it back into the buffalo windpipe.
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