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Asin

The Asin is a hairy forest-dwelling cannibal of Alsea tradition who enchants wandering children and carries them off to be eaten.

At a glance

Tradition
Native American folklore
Region
Pacific Northwest (place of origin)
Trait family
The Child-Frighteners

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Traits

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Form

  • Hairy giant wildman
    why

    Reference works give her a hair-covered body, hands that end in claws, and a mouthful of wolfish teeth, and note that she is classed among nursery-bogie figures used to warn children away from wandering too far from home.

Behaviour

  • Invoked to frighten children into obedience
    why

    Reference works give her a hair-covered body, hands that end in claws, and a mouthful of wolfish teeth, and note that she is classed among nursery-bogie figures used to warn children away from wandering too far from home.

Curses

  • Child stealing
    why

    Some tellings describe the Asin as possessing a magical means of luring children specifically, enchanting huckleberry bushes so that any child who eats the fruit falls under her power and wanders off into the forest to be taken.

Roles

Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.