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A mother pities her married daughter’s poverty and touches her, driving the daughter temporarily insane. A grandmother fondly strokes her infant grandchild, causing the baby to sicken. A father-in-law reaches out in gratitude to the young man who married his hunchback daughter, but the grateful touch of the dead makes the young man lame.

• Source: Kendall, Laurel. Shamans, housewives and other restless spirits: women in Korean ritual life. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1985.
• Culture: Korea
• Location: Asia