Motif
blocked paths prevent spirit passage
blocked_paths_prevent_spirit_passage
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes NAMES OF BORO CHIEFS AND MEDICINE-MEN / WITOTO / APPENDIX VIII / FOOTNOTES; lines 12265-12429 confidence: high
Caribs block forest tracks “to stop the passage of the spirits”; in Guiana, disease is regarded as a prowling evil spirit.
Caribs are described as blocking forest tracks to stop spirits during epidemic sickness.
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