Motif
Women dead in childbirth become honored but dangerous spirits
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Dead Giants, Childbirth Spirits, and Deathless Dead. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO / CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER III: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS; lines 4349-4443 confidence: high
The Ciuapipiltin, or Honoured Women, are spirits of women who died in childbed; this death is venerated as equal to a warrior's death in battle, and the spirits are linked by affinity to an evil-tending moon-goddess.
The Ciuapipiltin are spirits of women who died in childbed; their death is venerated, but the spirits are described as malevolent and harmful.
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