Motif
avenging spirit haunts a killer
avenging_spirit_haunts_a_killer
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Vengeance, Crime Revelation, and Posthumous Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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inuit
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Eskimo Folk-Tales THE SOUL THAT LIVED IN THE BODIES OF ALL BEASTS / PAPIK, WHO KILLED HIS WIFE'S BROTHER / PATUSSORSSUAQ, WHO KILLED HIS UNCLE / THE MEN WHO CHANGED WIVES; lines 3972-4010 confidence: high
Some time after the deed, Navssarssuaq begins to perceive that he is haunted by a spirit.
After the killing, Navssarssuaq perceives that he is haunted; the passage identifies the invisible thing that catches him as the avenging spirit watching him.
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