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Motif

Death-haunted dwelling abandoned or destroyed

death_haunted_dwelling_abandoned_or_destroyed

A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Haunted Places, Dwellings, and Burial Sites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions

navajo

  • Navaho Legends PORTRAITS. / CRANIA. / LANGUAGE. / HOUSES.; lines 524-600 confidence: high

    The passage says Navahoes believe a house where a human being dies is haunted or accursed, so they abandon it, never reenter it, and usually destroy it; this is proposed as a reason for avoiding permanent dwellings.

    The passage explicitly states that a house in which a human being dies is believed haunted or accursed, then abandoned, avoided, and usually destroyed.

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