Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

soul capture by offended animal people

soul_capture_by_offended_animal_people

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


native american northwest coast

  • Tlingit Myths and Texts FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES: / FOOTNOTES:; lines 11684-11757 confidence: high

    A Stikine Kîksᴀˊdî man kicks a frog onto its back, becomes motionless and unable to talk, and is carried into the house at Town-of-the-frogs.

    After the man kicks a frog, the frogs are said to take his soul, tie it to a house post, and debate his punishment.

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