Motif
Forbidden dealings with ghosts of the departed
forbidden_dealings_with_ghosts_of_the_departed
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
chaco amerindian
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An Unknown People in an Unknown Land: An Account of the Life and Customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco SUPERSTITION / SUPERSTITION / SUPERSTITION / SUPERSTITION; lines 6842-6923 confidence: high
The narrator explains that dealings with ghosts of the departed are strongly resented and severely punished; funeral rites are intended to prevent the spirit from taking revenge, and he is accused of calling up the ghost.
The community is described as strongly resenting and severely punishing attempts to deal with ghosts; the narrator is accused of calling up the ghost.
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