Motif
Murderer followed by an avenging spirit
murderer_followed_by_an_avenging_spirit
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
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record PAPIK, WHO MURDERED HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW / VERY COLD ON GUARD / PAUTUS6RSSUAQ, WHO MURDERED HIS UNCLE / THE WIFE-CHANGERS; lines 5206-5244 confidence: high
After the murder Navssarssuaq notices he is followed by a spirit; he tells villagers an invisible something sometimes catches hold of him; the passage identifies it as the avenging spirit keeping watch on him.
After the murder, Navssarssuaq notices he is followed by a spirit; an invisible something catches hold of him, and the passage calls it the avenging spirit keeping watch.
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