Jawnomicon

Possession causes cannibalistic madness

A motif · Behaviour · Thompson D2062, Magic

2 figures carry it.

Nearby in Thompson's index

Motifs this bestiary also holds from D2060 and below. The codes are the index's; the names and counts are ours.

Carried by

Wendigo

It's said to possess humans, driving them to madness and cannibalism.

Black Tamanous

several connect the name specifically to the Cannibal Spirit associated with winter ceremonial societies documented among Kwakiutl and related Pacific Northwest coast peoples, where initiates in a cannibal society were said to ritually enact themes of being possessed by or embodying such a spirit during the winter ceremonial season.