Motif
omen of death before battle
omen_of_death_before_battle
A motif of the Death Attributed to Fate or Destiny family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Chinook Texts Chinook Texts / BOAS J / BOAS J / HOW CULTEE'S GRANDFATHER ACQUIRED A GUARDIAN SPIRIT.; lines 3294-3331 confidence: high
Before war, people sing; seeing blood during the singing foretells death in battle; two long planks are placed parallel, warriors kneel on them, then go to war and fight.
During pre-war singing, seeing blood is said to indicate that the observer will be killed in battle.
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF NINSTINTS AND THE PEOPLE OF SKIDEGATE / WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA; lines 19471-19578 confidence: medium
Another shaman performs, rolls before eight fires standing in a line, and says 'wa' in pain at the last fire because they are going to leave one dead.
An unnamed shaman rolls before eight fires and cries out in pain at the last one because they are going to leave one dead.
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