Motif
thread of life
thread_of_life
A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving 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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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA / NOTES; lines 20637-20766 confidence: high
Every animal and human being is said to have a thread of life; līs also names mountain sheep wool threads. A man's hunting luck would be destroyed by his wife's unfaithfulness.
Every animal and human being is said to possess a thread of life.
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