Motif
Earthbound harmful spirits from the dead giants
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Dead Giants, Childbirth Spirits, and Deathless Dead. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish pseudepigrapha
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The Book of Enoch WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE / REV. W. O. E. OESTERLEY, D.D. / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTERS; lines 1361-1426 confidence: high
The giants, produced from spirits and flesh, are said to become or give rise to evil spirits on earth; their origin is from humans and the holy Watchers, and their dwelling is on earth.
The passage says evil spirits proceed from the bodies or souls of the giants and afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, and trouble humans on earth.
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