Motif
ghost visitors in the dwelling
ghost_visitors_in_the_dwelling
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
inuit
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Eskimo Folk-Tales KUNIGSEQ / THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BEAR AS A FOSTER-SON / IMARASUGSSUAQ, WHO ATE HIS WIVES / QALAGANGUASE, WHO PASSED TO THE LAND OF GHOSTS; lines 1726-1817 confidence: high
The ghost went to the water tub, drank twice from the dipper, thanked the drink, and said this was how it had drunk when living on earth.
A single ghost and later a crowd of ghosts enter the house while Qalaganguase is alone.
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