Motif
afterlife reunion with dead kin
afterlife_reunion_with_dead_kin
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE INVULNERABLE UASE 34S / A STORY OF THE GREAT FAMINE / ZACHARIAS, SUPERINTENDENT AT JAKOBSHAVN / A TEMPTATION; lines 14782-14926 confidence: high
Nikoline says her new ways and thoughts comfort her because she will see her dead ones again; she most misses a baptized sister buried at Qernertoq and sometimes visits her grave.
Nikoline says she knows she will see her dead ones again, and this comforts her in relation to her dead baptized sister.
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