Motif
Dead mother returns and kills by fright
dead_mother_returns_and_kills_by_fright
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
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE MIDDEN SPIRIT / THE EARTH SPIRIT WHOM THE GIRLS TEASED / THE CHILD-STEALER / INETLIA, WIFE OF IMERARSUNGUAQ; lines 5443-5464 confidence: high
A spirit is said to frighten people to death when orphan babies scream; there is also a risk that the dead mother herself may come back.
The passage reports a risk of the dead mother coming back and describes her appearing in a doorway and frightening everyone to death.
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