Motif
Continuing lethal agency of a shaman's spirit
continuing_lethal_agency_of_a_shaman_s_spirit
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northwest coast
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Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 19003-19123 confidence: medium
The sister names the spirit Hanging-down spirit. A bow warrior puts it on, asks to be named by it, falls and stops breathing; others who wear it are destroyed, one runs away, and the shaman's spirit is said to keep killing.
After the wearers are destroyed, the passage says the shaman's spirit has not ceased killing to the present.
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