Motif
chosen or assisted violent death for afterlife benefit
chosen_or_assisted_violent_death_for_afterlife_benefit
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering 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 THE FLIGHT TO THE MOON. / KADLU THE THUNDERER. / FEASTS, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR. / CUSTOMS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING BIRTH, SICKNESS, AND DEATH.; lines 8540-8580 confidence: medium
The passage says suicide is not rare because Eskimo religious ideas hold that souls of those who die by violence go to Qudlivun, the happy land; for the same reason killing aged parents is considered lawful, and suicide is generally by hanging.
The passage links the belief that souls of the violently dead go to Qudlivun with suicide and with a man lawfully killing aged parents.
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