Motif
six brothers as collective founders or acquirers
six_brothers_as_collective_founders_or_acquirers
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 20162-20272 confidence: medium
At that time all the people started for Yakutat. They started off with the copper that the six men had brought out.
The six brothers bring out the copper, get the place, and are later remembered as a comparison point.
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