Ancient ✦ Wisdom ✦ Atlas

Motif

Removal of valued objects during ascent

removal_of_valued_objects_during_ascent

A motif of the Ascent and Heavenly Journey family, within the sub-family Closed Ascent Routes and Removed Valuables. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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navajo

  • Navaho Legends II. EARLY EVENTS IN THE FIFTH WORLD. / III. THE WAR GODS. / IV. GROWTH OF THE NAVAHO NATION. / NATI'NESTHANI.; lines 8632-8652 confidence: medium

    The Navaho rises toward the sky with the great shell of Kintyél and with shell-beads and turquoise wealth from many pueblos on his body, causing the people to realize a threatened loss.

    The ascender carries the great shell of Kintyél and the wealth of many pueblos in shell-beads and turquoise, which the pueblo people perceive as a threatened loss.

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