Motif
two persons united as one body
two_persons_united_as_one_body
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS / GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS; lines 26803-26938 confidence: low
De'gatâ'ga conveys “two persons standing together” and “so closely united in sympathy as to form but one human body.”
The name De'gatâ'ga is said to convey two persons standing together so closely united in sympathy as to form one human body.
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