Motif
satirical song as retaliation for deception
satirical_song_as_retaliation_for_deception
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hopi
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The Traditions of the Hopi HIS WIFE. 1 / FOR THEIR LIFE. 1 / NIGHT. 1 / HEAD. 2; lines 9016-9113 confidence: high
After the meal the guests doubt Bat's story; Coyote and Humming-bird later agree that Bat must have stolen the food in Oraibi and deceived them.
Coyote and Humming-bird decide to 'song-tie' Bat, glossed in the passage as making a song about him, after concluding that he stole the food and lied.
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