Motif
Feared phantom whose presence causes fits
feared_phantom_whose_presence_causes_fits
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Harmful Apparitions and Afflictions. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo SOCIAL ORDER AND LAWS. / RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND THE ANGAKUNIRN (PRIESTHOOD). / SEDNA AND THE FULMAR. / THE TORNAIT AND THE ANGAKUT.; lines 7692-7762 confidence: high
The passage names Kalopaling or Mitiling as a sea spirit and describes Qiqirn as a huge almost hairless dog-shaped phantom that causes fits and flees when seen by an angakoq.
Qiqirn is a feared dog-shaped phantom whose nearness causes dogs or men to fall into fits until it leaves.
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