Motif
conqueror becomes war-god and spectre after death
conqueror_becomes_war_god_and_spectre_after_death
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
micronesian
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The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands OF PONAPE / CHAPTER IV / NALAP, AND PONAPEAN SUPERSTITIONS AND CHARACTER / CHAPTER V; lines 3235-3342 confidence: high
Icho-Kalakal rules, dies and is buried, then becomes the War-God of Metalanim and a dreaded spectre.
Icho-Kalakal conquers and rules, then after death and burial becomes the War-God of Metalanim and remains a dreaded spectre.
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