Motif
Sibling group of four brothers
sibling_group_of_four_brothers
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts RECORDED BY / JOHN R. SWANTON / LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL / CONTENTS; lines 266-343 confidence: medium
The Texts section lists titles including Origin of Copper, Man who was Abandoned, Shaman who Went into the Fire and Heron’s Son, Mountain Dweller, Kāhāˊsǃî the Strong Man, Origin of the Frog Crest among the Kîksᴀˊdî, How the Kîksᴀˊdî Came to Sitka, The Four Brothers, the Kîksᴀˊdî Woman turned into an Owl, Sea-lion Hunt, War in the Spruce Canoe, and group stories.
The contents include the title “The Four Brothers.”
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