Motif
Haunted place responds to disrespect
haunted_place_responds_to_disrespect
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION / SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION; lines 16468-16551 confidence: medium
The lost settlement is never seen again and is said still to live in Tsuwa`tel'da; the mountain is considered haunted, and later hunters who joke about the story hear unexplained stone-like noises and flee.
Hunters joke about the lost Kana'sta people at the haunted mountain and are later frightened by unseen stone-like noises.
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