Motif
sibling weather-makers
sibling_weather_makers
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.
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inuit
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The Central Eskimo SEDNA AND THE FULMAR. / THE TORNAIT AND THE ANGAKUT. / THE FLIGHT TO THE MOON. / KADLU THE THUNDERER.; lines 7849-7870 confidence: high
Three sisters make lightning, thunder, and rain; two are named Ingnirtung and Udluqtung/Kadlu, while the third is unnamed. They live in a large house supported by whale ribs in the far west, far from the sea, which they avoid.
The passage presents three sisters as the makers of lightning, thunder, and rain.
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