the man (Tale 50)

Role: the living brother · First appears: Tale 50

In Tale 50, the man had a brother who died. As he cut meat into small pieces, his brother’s spirit ate them; when the meat was almost gone, the man ran in fear, pursued by the spirit, which stopped when he reached some alangtin.

Relationship record

Life events

• The dead brother's spirit ate the meat the man cut and chased him until alangtin stopped it.(Tale 50)
  • With: the dead brother's spirit (Tale 50)
  • “Then the man began to cut the meat into small pieces, and as fast as he cut it up, the spirit ate it; and as fast as he ate it, the meat came out of his anus. When the meat was almost all gone, the man became very much afraid and started to run, and the spirit chased him. When he ran where some alangtin grew, the spirit stopped”

Tale 50

• siblings with the dead brother's spirit (Tale 50) “There were two brothers, and one died.”
• enemies with the dead brother's spirit (Tale 50) “When the meat was almost all gone, the man became very much afraid and started to run, and the spirit chased him.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Tinguian. Made with Rho MD.