Motif
blood-feud revenge after temporary hospitality
blood_feud_revenge_after_temporary_hospitality
A motif of the Betrayal and Violated Trust family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. / VISITING. / SOCIAL CUSTOMS IN SUMMER. / SOCIAL ORDER AND LAWS.; lines 6935-6942 confidence: medium
“a murderer will come to visit the relatives of his victim ... allowed to kill him in revenge”
The murderer may be welcomed and live quietly among the victim's relatives before being killed in revenge.
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