Comparative mythology corpus

Discarded Object Spirit Causes Child Deaths Until Ritually Honoured

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Ainu Aino Folk-Tales INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1299-1389 high Variant tale: repeated child deaths are attributed to the anger of a discarded bird-shaped wooden doll; household objects converse, firewood warns the husband in a dream, the doll is found, divine symbols are set up, and a later child survives. record