Motif
Dangerous host who intends to eat the guest
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A motif of the Hospitality Test and Stranger Guest family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo THE EMIGRATION OF THE SAGDLIRMIUT. / KALOPALING. / THE UISSUIT. / KIVIUNG.; lines 8888-8980 confidence: high
When the storm subsides, Kiviung sees land, follows the coast, and enters a stone house with a burning light; Arnaitiang receives him and dries his boots, slippers, and stockings over the lamp.
Arnaitiang receives Kiviung kindly, but the narration states she wants to eat him and uses the rising frame to delay or trap him.
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