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Haida texts and myths

Note 11 — He-who-was-born-from-his-mother’s-side

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Then he started off again. He stayed away longer than usual and brought in many flickers.11 Then he said to his mother: “After you have skinned these, lay the sinews on one side.” Then his mother skinned them and laid the sinews on one side. And, after she had finished, she placed them together. She made five rows, and she sewed them together with their own sinews. After she had finished he shook it. The flickers upon it went flying back and forth.

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