Motif
Malevolent human or animal ghost
malevolent_human_or_animal_ghost
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 SECOND VERSION / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / VI--NOTES AND PARALLELS TO MYTHS / GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS; lines 26419-26567 confidence: medium
Asgi'na is a ghost, either human or animal; ghosts are commonly supposed malevolent, so the name is often rendered "devil."
The glossary defines asgi'na as a ghost, either human or animal, and notes a common malevolent association.
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