Motif
Murdered child becomes avenging spirit
murdered_child_becomes_avenging_spirit
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Vengeance, Crime Revelation, and Posthumous Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo DOMESTIC OCCUPATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. / VISITING. / SOCIAL CUSTOMS IN SUMMER. / SOCIAL ORDER AND LAWS.; lines 6740-6836 confidence: medium
Children are treated kindly, infanticide is reported, and Greenland belief is cited that a murdered child's spirit becomes the avenging evil spirit angiaq.
The comparative Greenland note states that the spirit of a murdered child becomes an evil spirit called angiaq and revenges the crime.
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