Motif
soul-stealing murderer
soul_stealing_murderer
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 People of the Polar North: A Record THE PTARMIGAN AND THE LONG-TAILED DUCK / MARKUS : WEST GREENLANDIC TYPE / THE BACHELOR WHO MARRIED A FOX / THE LEGEND OF A SOUL-STEALER; lines 14031-14167 confidence: high
The section is titled “The Legend of a Soul-Stealer”; the narrator introduces Ilisimartoq as the greatest murderer he knew and says he stole many souls.
The title and opening identify Ilisimartoq as a soul-stealer and murderer who stole many souls.
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