Motif
containment of a dangerous dead person in a remote chthonic place
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE PTARMIGAN AND THE LONG-TAILED DUCK / MARKUS : WEST GREENLANDIC TYPE / THE BACHELOR WHO MARRIED A FOX / THE LEGEND OF A SOUL-STEALER; lines 14031-14167 confidence: medium
They put the head into a hunting-buoy, drag it to a glacier, and drop it down a deep crevasse because they fear Ilisimartoq even after cutting his body to pieces.
Ilisimartoq’s head is put in a hunting-buoy and dropped down a deep glacier crevasse because the killers still fear his power; later cries are reportedly heard from below.
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