Motif
Origins of fire practice, labor, and domestic technologies
origins_of_fire_practice_labor_and_domestic_technologies
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
native american plains
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians HERO TALES . 52 / TALES OF SUPERNATURAL PATRONS . 152 / HISTORICAL TRADITIONS . / INTRODUCTION.; lines 1472-1589 confidence: high
Old-Man-Coyote asks his wife whether there should always be daylight and whether a fire should be kept burning once obtained; she chooses day and night and building fire in the morning after sleep.
The passage explains day-night alternation, morning fire-building, flint-and-stone fire-making, hide work, tipi-making, pemmican, moccasins, and leggings.
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