Motif
spirit-assisted shamanic flight
spirit_assisted_shamanic_flight
A motif of the Ascent and Heavenly Journey 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 18870-19001 confidence: high
The warriors rush upon the shaman’s party and destroy his canoe men; Wolf-weasel flies away by means of his spirits, and people are said still to say that shamans can fly about.
Wolf-weasel escapes by flying away through his spirits, and the passage notes a general saying that shamans can fly about.
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