Bones
Bones denote both mortal remains and an indestructible essence capable of resurrection, so their destruction may symbolically prevent renewed life.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Inuit mythology (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, 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
… of human and marine animal bones, embodies the harsh beauty and …