Motif
composite body animated by magic song
composite_body_animated_by_magic_song
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction 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 OTAQ, THE MAGICIAN / OTAQ'S WIFE / THE INTERIOR OF OTAQ'S HOUSE, FACING THE ENTRANCE / A POLAR HARE; lines 6239-6321 confidence: high
Old Qilerneq is thought to have made the tupilak by putting animal bones together, covering them with turf and blood clots, and bringing it to life with a magic song.
The suspected tupilak is described as constructed from bones of various animals, turf, and clots of blood, then conjured into life by a special magic song.
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