Name | Other Terms | How it is used | Body Position | Actions | ||
Intuitive: | ||||||
Admiration | Amazement | head toward admiree, elbows out, hand-claws on jaws | blink fast, or give a gift | |||
Annoyance | Accusation | hands on hips, neck lowered, lip curled | stamp feet | |||
Compassion | Helping, Healing | Bone Ceremonial | crouch, head down | |||
Confusion | Helplessness, Incomprehension |
arms up, look up | twitch tail, shake head | |||
Defiance | Challenge, Defence, Attack | Ready for ground combat Blood ceremonial |
claws spead, wings in, teeth bared | snarling | ||
Deliberation | Thinking | arms crossed, look up | lick snout | |||
Readiness | Wariness | Ready to move anywhere, Fire ceremonial |
wings partly open, arms bent, half-crouched | bouncing on toes, looking around |
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Sulking | head turned away, arms crossed, back to other(s) | |||||
Triumph | arms up, head up, snout open | dance in circles | ||||
Secrecy | Sneakiness | half-crouch on toes, wings folded tightly, neck flat | look side to side | |||
Submission | Defeat, Surrender | To forfeit
a fight Snow ceremonial |
on all fours, head down, tail slants upward | stillness | ||
Watchfulness | Observation, Listening | Sky Ceremonial | neck stretched out, wings open | looking around | ||
Cultural (Plains): | ||||||
Appeal | Petition,
Pleading, Supplication |
Requests | flat on belly, snout, arms and legs on ground, wings folded | |||
Authority | Command, Interrogation, Proclamation |
elders, minders, ancients, seers | wings open, head up, arms raised | loud voice | ||
Benediction | head up, arms raised, wings closed | make circles with arms | ||||
Farewell | hand-claws clasped | head bowed and raised | ||||
Greeting | Welcome | arms out | head bowed and raised | |||
Instruction | Teaching | Leaf Ceremonial | head down and low | wave arms as if talking | ||
Regret | Contrition, Apology, Grief | head and arms droop | move slowly | |||
Respect | head bowed, hand-claws clasped,one foot forward | bow with whole body, deeper for more respect |
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Ridicule | Mocking, Insult | thumb on horns, tongue out | waggle hand-claws | |||
Storytelling | To begin and end stories Gold ceremonial |
wings open, arms open, snout open | ||||
Thanks | hands clasped | bow head one or more times |