Motif
shamanic diagnosis and removal of soul attachments
shamanic_diagnosis_and_removal_of_soul_attachments
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration 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 Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay, Part I III. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. / WEST COAST OF HUDSON BAY. / IV. CUSTOMS AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS. / CUMBERLAND SOUND.; lines 3422-3512 confidence: high
Taboo transgressions affect game and human souls; sea mammals perceive affected people as dark or vapor-surrounded. Transgression attaches to the soul and causes sickness, and an angakok can see and remove the attachment with a guardian spirit.
The angakok sees taboo attachments with a guardian spirit and removes them; Aniksili uses incantation to identify a concealed transgression.
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