Motif
dead remain aware of earthly events
dead_remain_aware_of_earthly_events
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american northeast woodlands
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Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths NOTES 807 / KOTBB . 809 / KOTES 811 / KOTES. 813; lines 47165-47190 confidence: medium
“the so-called dead were really not dead” and “knew what was transpiring on earth among mankind”
The note says the incident shows belief that the so-called dead were not really dead and knew what was transpiring on earth among humankind.
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