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Tlingit Myths and Texts
John R. Swanton
book · 1909
John R. Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, BAE Bulletin 39 (1909).
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 39
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Northwest Coast tradition
Raven is associated with Trickster.
Tlingit narratives collected by Swanton include Raven as a being who steals daylight and rearranges the world. That is a creator-trickster cycle, not an Old World omen and not Odin’s birds.
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Raven appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection treats Raven as a named protagonist of origin stories, not as a bird omen standing in for something else.
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Northwest Coast tradition is associated with Trickster.
Tlingit narratives recorded by Swanton give Raven creator and thief work. Trickster here is a Northwest Coast narrative role, not Hermes.
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Kushtaka appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts records land-otter people, the otter-person of Tlingit speech. A named Tlingit being in that collection, not a Sasquatch, not a European werewolf, and not a pan-coast otter.
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Thunderbird appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts records the great-bird of Tlingit story under the English cover-name thunderbird. A named Tlingit bird-being in that collection, not an eagle, not Zeus’s bird, and not a pan-Indigenous thunder-god.
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Animal bride appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts records marriages to animal wives among Tlingit narrative types — animal-bride speech in that collection. A named Northwest Coast tale-type, not Ovid’s metamorphoses and not a pan-Indigenous dump.
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Animal groom appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection likewise records marriages to animal husbands among Tlingit narrative types — animal-groom speech in that book. A named Northwest Coast tale-type, not animal-bride as the same edge and not a European Beast Bridegroom dump alone.
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Culture hero appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives cast Raven as a protagonist who steals daylight and rearranges the world for people — culture-hero speech in that collection. A named Northwest Coast culture-hero cycle, not raven as the being alone and not Prometheus’ theft-of-fire.
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Canoe appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat canoes among everyday and mythic travel on the Northwest Coast. A named canoe in that ethnography, not kayak or umiak as Arctic skin boats and not a Pacific outrigger dump.
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Otter appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat land-otters among everyday and story animals of that coast. A named otter animal in that ethnography, not kushtaka as the otter-person already walked and not a European werewolf dump.
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Bear appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats bears among animals of hunt, story, and transformation speech on that coast. A named bear in that ethnography, not ursa-major as a sky figure and not Pliny pharmacy alone.
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Eagle appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat eagles among coastal birds of story and crest speech. A named eagle in that ethnography, not thunderbird as the storm-being already walked and not Zeus’s bird dump.
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Whale appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat whales among sea beings of hunt and story on the Northwest Coast. A named whale in that ethnography, not a generic ocean-monster dump and not a modern aquarium flatten.
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Seal appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats seals among coastal marine animals of hunt and story. A named seal in that ethnography, not otter as the land-otter already filed this pass and not kushtaka.
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Deer appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat deer among land animals of hunt and story speech. A named deer in that ethnography, not Ovid’s Actaeon stag and not a generic game checklist.
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Copper appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat copper among valued metals and crest wealth of that coast. A named copper in that ethnography, not Venus-alchemy metal pairing and not a generic ore dump.
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Fog appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat fog among coastal weather that hides and reveals in story travel. A named fog in that ethnography, not mist as a softer vapor alone and not a generic gloom dump.
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Mist appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection likewise seats mist among coastal weather of story and travel. A named mist in that ethnography, not fog as the same edge and not Niflheim’s Norse mist alone.
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Harpoon appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat harpoons among sea-mammal and large-fish hunt gear of that coast. A named harpoon in that ethnography, not fishhook or fishing-net alone and not the Herodotus Mediterranean harpoon walk.
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Fishhook appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats fishhooks among everyday and story fishing gear on that coast. A named fishhook in that ethnography, not harpoon as the detachable sea-mammal head and not fishing-net as the mesh alone.
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Fishing net appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat nets among coastal fish-taking gear in story and livelihood speech. A named fishing-net in that ethnography, not fishhook or harpoon alone and not a Mediterranean seine dump.
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Adze appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat canoe- and house-wood shaping among coastal craft; the adze is the edged hafted tool of that woodwork. A named adze in that ethnography, not chisel as the paring neighbor and not opening-adze as Egyptian funerary gear.
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Chisel appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats carved woodwork among canoe, house, and feast gear of that coast. A named chisel in that ethnography, not adze as the right-angle wood tool and not Pliny’s roman chisel seat alone.
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Drum appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat drums among shamanic and ceremonial sound of that coast. A named drum in that ethnography, not huehuetl/teponaztli as Nahua drums and not a parade-band dump.
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Labret appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats labrets among lip ornaments of status and person on that coast. A named labret in that ethnography, not armlet as the upper-arm band and not Nahua tentetl as a different lip-plug lemma.
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Moccasin appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat soft hide footwear among everyday and travel dress of that coast. A named moccasin in that ethnography, not sandal as Old-World/Meso footgear and not a pan-Indigenous flatten that erases Tlingit speech.
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Torch appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat hand-held firebrands among night travel, hunt, and story light of that coast. A named torch in that ethnography, not lamp as the vessel-flame neighbor and not Demeter’s hellenic torch walk alone.
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Lamp appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats oil-fed light among house and story illumination of that coast. A named lamp in that ethnography, not torch as the hand brand and not an Inuit soapstone-lamp dump.
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Flint appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat hard stone for fire-striking and blades among coastal tool speech. A named flint in that ethnography, not obsidian as volcanic glass alone and not Pliny’s roman flint seat alone.
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Obsidian appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection sits in a coast that worked and traded volcanic glass among sharp blades. A named obsidian in that ethnography’s material world, not tezcatl smoking-mirror as Nahua rite and not flint as silica fire-stone alone.
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Ochre appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat red and yellow earth pigments among body, object, and story marking of that coast. A named ochre in that ethnography, not cinnabar as mercury ore and not Pliny pharmacy ochre alone.
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Bone appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat bone among worked tool and ornament material of that coast. A named bone in that ethnography, not ivory as tusk material alone and not Pliny bone-ash pharmacy.
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Ivory appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats tusk and tooth ivory among carved ornament and wealth of that coast. A named ivory in that ethnography, not bone as ordinary vertebrate hard remainder and not Pliny ivory pharmacy alone.
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Shield appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat shields among war and defense gear in coastal conflict speech. A named shield in that ethnography, not chimalli as Nahua shield and not Homeric aspis walks alone.
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Staff appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat carried rods among travel, office, and shamanic speech of that coast. A named staff in that ethnography, not a European magician’s wand dump and not Pausanias hellenic staff alone.
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Charm appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat small made power-objects among shamanic and luck speech of that coast. A named charm in that ethnography, not a modern occult-shop dump and not amulet as a missing id.
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Ladder appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats house-entry ladders among plank-house and story travel of that coast. A named ladder in that ethnography, not a dream-ladder symbol dump and not Herodotus Nile ladder alone.
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Hearth appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat the household fire-place among house life, feast, and story of that coast. A named hearth in that ethnography, not a temple altar dump and not Gilgamesh hearth alone.
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Cup appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat drinking and feast cups among hospitality and story meals of that coast. A named cup in that ethnography, not olla as Iberian/New-World pot speech and not a grail dump.
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Armlet appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats arm ornaments among wealth and person dress of that coast. A named armlet in that ethnography, not labret as the lip ornament and not Iliad armlet alone.
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Bow drill appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat fire-making and boring among coastal craft speech; the bow-drill is the string-spun drill of that practice. A named bow-drill in that ethnography, not pump-drill as a later flywheel form and not fire-sticks as a missing id.
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Handloom appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat woven blankets among wealth, gift, and dress of that coast; the handloom is the frame of that weaving craft. A named handloom in that ethnography, not shuttle/heddle micro-tools alone and not Florentine Nahua handloom walks.
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Crystal appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit shamanic narratives seat clear hard stones among power and seeing speech of that coast. A named crystal in that ethnography, not modern crystal-healing slogans and not Pliny rock-crystal pharmacy alone.
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Harpoon is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts treat the harpoon as gear used in sea-mammal and large-fish taking on that coast. Instrument use in that coastal hunt craft, not appears_in attestation alone and not fishhook use as the curved-hook neighbor.
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Fishhook is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection treats fishhooks as gear used in taking fish on that coast. Instrument use in that fishing craft, not harpoon use and not appears_in attestation alone.
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Fishing net is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts treat nets as gear used in coastal fish-taking. Instrument use in that fishing craft, not fishhook use alone and not appears_in attestation alone.
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Adze is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives treat the adze as the wood-shaping tool used in canoe and house craft of that coast. Instrument use in that woodworking craft, not appears_in attestation alone and not chisel use as the paring neighbor.
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Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts treat the drum as an instrument used in shamanic healing and power work of that coast. Drum used in that medicine practice, not Nahua huehuetl rite alone and not appears_in northwest attestation alone.
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Swanton’s Tlingit collection treats small power-objects as gear used in shamanic healing and protection speech of that coast. Charm used in that medicine practice, not a shop-amulet dump and not appears_in attestation alone.
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Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts treat red and yellow earth pigment as material used in body and object marking within ceremonial speech of that coast. Ochre used in that rite practice, not Pliny pharmacy alone and not appears_in attestation alone.
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Bow drill is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection treats the bow-drill as a tool used in fire-making and boring craft of that coast. Instrument use in that coastal craft, not appears_in attestation alone and not pump-drill use.
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Handloom is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives treat weaving frames as craft used to make the blankets named as wealth and gift on that coast. Handloom used in that coastal weaving craft, not appears_in attestation alone and not Nahua handloom use.
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Flint is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts treat hard silica stone as material used in fire-striking and blade craft of that coast. Flint used in that coastal tool craft, not appears_in attestation alone and not obsidian use as volcanic glass.
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Labret is used in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection treats labrets as ornaments worn in person and status dress of that coast. Labret used in that coastal dress practice, not appears_in attestation alone and not armlet use.
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Paddle appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat paddles among canoe travel and story movement on that coast. A named paddle in that ethnography, not an oar worked against a thole and not a kitchen rice-paddle dump.
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Bentwood box appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat kerfed steamed bentwood containers among house stores, feast gear, and story wealth of that coast. A named bentwood-box in that ethnography, not storage-box as the rigid non-kerfed neighbor and not a Japanese magewappa lunch form.
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Northwest copper appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat shield-shaped beaten copper prestige plaques among wealth, display, and story rivalry of that coast. A named northwest-copper in that ethnography, not copper as the metal substance alone and not a war-shield dump.
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Raven rattle appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat carved crest-form rattles among shamanic and dance sound of that coast; the raven-rattle is the named raven-shaped clapper of that practice. A named raven-rattle in that ethnography, not generic rattle alone and not a Purim gragger.
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Totem pole appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat monumental carved crest columns among house fronts, memorials, and story display of that coast. A named totem-pole in that ethnography’s colonial collecting speech, not a house-post dump alone and not anthropological totemism as a theory slogan.
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Chilkat blanket appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat twined ceremonial robes of mountain-goat wool and cedar bark among wealth and dance dress of that coast. A named chilkat-blanket in that ethnography, not a button-blanket appliqué robe and not a generic blanket dump.
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Button blanket appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat wool robes with crest appliqué and shell-button borders among coastal dress and feast speech. A named button-blanket in that ethnography, not a Chilkat twined robe and not trade-cloth alone.
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Frontlet appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat carved wooden forehead plaques among dance regalia of that coast. A named frontlet in that ethnography, not a full transformation-mask and not a crest-hat alone.
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Crest hat appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat carved or woven chief’s hats bearing clan crest figures among status dress of that coast. A named crest-hat in that ethnography, not a frontlet plaque alone and not a spruce-root rain hat alone.
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Cedar-bark hat appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat woven shredded-cedar-bark hats among rain and sun dress of that coast. A named cedar-bark-hat in that ethnography, not a spruce-root hat and not a carved crest-hat.
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Cedar-bark mat appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit collection seats plaited and twined cedar-bark mats among sitting, wrapping, and house flooring speech of that coast. A named cedar-bark-mat in that ethnography, not a Chilkat robe and not a sail.
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Spruce-root hat appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat finely twined spruce-root hats, often painted, among coastal headgear of that coast. A named spruce-root-hat in that ethnography, not a cedar-bark hat and not a carved crest-hat alone.
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Feast dish appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat large carved wooden serving troughs among potlatch and feast service of that coast. A named feast-dish in that ethnography, not a bentwood-box and not a generic plate dump.
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Halibut hook appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat V- or U-shaped wooden hooks sized for halibut among coastal fishing gear of that coast. A named halibut-hook in that ethnography, not a generic fishhook dump and not a harpoon.
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Fish weir appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat stake-and-lattice barriers in streams and tideways among coastal fish-taking speech of that coast. A named fish-weir in that ethnography, not fishing-net alone and not weir as a generic European waterworks place dump.
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Fish trap appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit narratives seat constructed traps among coastal fish-taking gear beside weirs and nets. A named fish-trap in that ethnography, not fish-weir as the stake-lattice barrier alone and not a bare trap dump.
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Slave-killer appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat stone or bone ceremonial striking clubs associated with potlatch display speech of that coast. A named slave-killer in that ethnography’s colonial collecting vocabulary, not a war-hammer dump and not a Maori mere.
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Dentalium appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat tusk-shell strands among wealth, ornament, and exchange speech of that coast. A named dentalium in that ethnography, not wampum as Eastern shell beads and not a bare shell necklace dump.
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Bone whistle appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat tubular bone whistles among signal and ceremonial sound of that coast. A named bone-whistle in that ethnography, not a raven-rattle and not a bare flute dump.
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Medicine bundle appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat wrapped assemblies of consecrated objects among shamanic speech of that coast. A named medicine-bundle in that ethnography, not a charm dump alone and not a Plains parfleche packing case.
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Potlatch appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat ceremonial feast and wealth-distribution among coastal social and story speech of that coast. A named potlatch in that ethnography, not a casual potluck and not a generic giveaway dump.
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Transformation mask appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat hinged crest masks that open to an inner face among dance and transformation speech of that coast. A named transformation-mask in that ethnography, not a frontlet plaque alone and not a false-face-mask.
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Snowshoe appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat winter overland travel beside coastal life; framed laced snowshoes belong to that hinterland travel speech. A named snowshoe in that ethnography, not a ski dump and not Arctic snow-goggles as eye-gear.
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Quartz appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit shamanic narratives seat clear hard silica stones among power and seeing speech of that coast. A named quartz in that ethnography, not crystal as the already-met power-stone lemma alone and not modern crystal-healing slogans.
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Slate appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts sit in a coast that worked fine-grained stone for blades, plaques, and carving speech. A named slate in that ethnography’s material world, not European chalkboard dump and not quartz as silica crystal alone.
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Squall appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat sudden hard weather among coastal travel, canoe, and story speech of that coast. A named squall in that ethnography, not fog or mist as already-met soft weather and not chinook as a Chinookan wind label.
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Hide glue appears in Northwest Coast tradition.
Swanton’s Tlingit Myths and Texts seat hide-working and joined gear among coastal craft; hide glue is the animal-glue binder of that joinery speech. A named hide-glue in that ethnography, not European hide-glue as a later workshop brand alone and not pitch as resin sealant.
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