Motif
Murdered dead reveal crime and request revenge
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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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
inuit
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The Central Eskimo CUSTOMS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING BIRTH, SICKNESS, AND DEATH. / TALES AND TRADITIONS. / ITITAUJANG. / THE EMIGRATION OF THE SAGDLIRMIUT.; lines 8714-8801 confidence: high
A young Eχaluqdjuaq suitor visits a Qerniqdjuaq girl at night; a boy under the snow bench hears the spirits of the murdered men request revenge and kills the young man with a knife.
The spirits of the murdered men tell the boy what happened and ask him to kill the young man in revenge.
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