Motif
death by sickness prevents spirit vengeance
death_by_sickness_prevents_spirit_vengeance
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Vengeance, Crime Revelation, and Posthumous Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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inuit
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Eskimo Folk-Tales THE SOUL THAT LIVED IN THE BODIES OF ALL BEASTS / PAPIK, WHO KILLED HIS WIFE'S BROTHER / PATUSSORSSUAQ, WHO KILLED HIS UNCLE / THE MEN WHO CHANGED WIVES; lines 3972-4010 confidence: high
Many in the place fall sick, including Navssarssuaq; sickness kills him, so the avenging spirit cannot tear him in pieces.
Sickness kills Navssarssuaq, and the passage states that the avenging spirit was therefore unable to tear him in pieces.
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