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Essays of an Americanist

Note 179 — PART II. MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE.

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George Copway, Traditional History of the Ojibway Nation, p. 134. It will be noted that in the sign for sunrise the straight line meets the curve at its left extremity, and for sunset at its right. This results from the superstitious preference of facing the south rather than the north.

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