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Tsimshian

noun
1.
A member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia.
2.
A Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian.





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... superstition prevails among some of the Indian tribes of British Columbia, and has led them often to impose certain singular restrictions or taboos on the parents of twins, though the exact meaning of these restrictions is generally obscure. Thus the Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia believe that twins control the weather; therefore they pray to wind and rain, "Calm down, breath of the twins." Further, they think that the wishes of twins are always fulfilled; hence twins are feared, because they can harm the man they hate. ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer


Words linked to "Tsimshian" :   Penutian


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