Bone
Bone denotes what endures when flesh decays, evidence of loss and of something that survives it, reassembled in shamanic rebirth and venerated as relic.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Image
- Group
- Human World / Human Body
- Borne by
- 2 figures
- Traditions
- Inuit mythology (1)Native American folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Ahkiyyini is Inuit mythology
why
This skeletal figure, often described as a fusion of human and marine animal bones, embodies the harsh beauty and danger of the Arctic environment.
- Baykok is Native American folklore
why
The Baykok's appearance is that of a gaunt, emaciated figure with skin stretched tightly over its bones, giving it a skeletal appearance.