Motif
cannibal punishment of an intruder
cannibal_punishment_of_an_intruder
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northeast woodlands
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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths SENEGA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS / CIJBTIX / HIWITTJ / FICTION; lines 12494-12585 confidence: high
Doonongaes prepares a kettle and takes a club, dives under the water, appears before Djidjogwen, calls the fish his game animals, and kills Djidjogwen by striking him on the head with the club.
Doonongaes kills Djidjogwen, cooks his flesh, eats it, and later orders Skahnowa to kill and eat trespassers.
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