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Myth 83c
He went away and the others fasted, until at the end of seven days he came for them and they went with him to Tsuwaʻtel′da, and their friends in the settlement never saw them again.
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Fasting And Prayerpraxis
Ascetic disciplines that prepare the body and mind for spiritual receptivity or purification.
The text explicitly mentions that the group 'fasted' for seven days as a preparatory discipline before their departure.
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Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.
The passage describes a guide ('He') leading a group of people to a specific destination (Tsuwaʻtel′da) from which they never return, fitting the definition of a guided passage through afterlife realms. [quarantine-w4: psychopomp_journey x native_american — see rellm data/quarantine/dossiers.jsonl]
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