Motif
captive wife secretly restores strength with forbidden drink
captive_wife_secretly_restores_strength_with_forbidden_drink
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. 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 QUJAVARSSUK / KUNIGSEQ / THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BEAR AS A FOSTER-SON / IMARASUGSSUAQ, WHO ATE HIS WIVES; lines 1644-1723 confidence: medium
Imarasugssuaq is said to eat his wives; he fattens them by giving them salmon and no drink. After losing a wife, he marries Misana, the sister of many brothers, and begins fattening her.
Misana is denied drink, secretly licks snow while her husband is away, and becomes able to move and escape.
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