Motif
Community traps and executes a cannibal through song and binding
community_traps_and_executes_a_cannibal_through_song_and_binding
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record ISERAQ, WHO STOLE / ARNALUK, THE STORY-TELLER / THE ORIGIN OF THE FOG / THE MAN WHO ATE HIS WIVES; lines 7479-7586 confidence: high
Igimarasugssugssuaq falsely says he is fat because of many walruses, looks caressingly at the children with desire to eat them, and the household agrees to sing insult-songs before eating.
The people sing insult-songs naming Igimarasugssugssuaq as an eater of people, bind him to a house support, and call for Arnaqa to stab him.
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