Motif
soul theft causing illness and recoverable by a magician
soul_theft_causing_illness_and_recoverable_by_a_magician
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 OTAQ, THE MAGICIAN / OTAQ'S WIFE / THE INTERIOR OF OTAQ'S HOUSE, FACING THE ENTRANCE / A POLAR HARE; lines 6239-6321 confidence: high
Nivigkana conjures for an ill dog, enters trance, sees a spirit pulling at the dog and stealing its soul, demands it back, and the dog recovers.
Nivigkana explains a dog's illness as soul theft by a spirit, demands the soul back, and the dog recovers; the passage also states that soul-stealers cause illness and death.
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