Motif
Aging and weakening world
aging_and_weakening_world
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline 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 CATECHIST HEILMANN, TASIUSSAQ / WIFE OF CATECHIST HEILMANN / OJUVAINATH, THE HUNTER / YOUNG GIRL (WEST GREENLAND); lines 11052-11180 confidence: medium
Anase says the winds threaten even in calm weather, that Ikamiut is called the Country of the Ill Winds, and that old people think the world is growing old and weaker.
Anase reports that old people think earlier winds were worse and that the world is growing old and weaker with age.
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