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What myth is this related to, if any?

posted 14 years ago by alicecbr
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Spoiler: Yes, I can understand the realistic seque from skinning animals to skinning humans in such an unforgiving if beautiful climate, but what about the mother-daughter love so much on display?
Is this just madness, or is it based on some arctic fable I've never heard of?

And why is Sean Bean's character so dense to the problems he's causing? Does he thinks the mama's silence means acquiesence?

"He who swaps his liberty for the promise of 'security' deserves neither." Ben Franklin

[–] Dejay 11 years ago

I wondered about this too! It certainly feels like a kind of Inuit fable.

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Especially the ending it's almost like a skin changer, as if she not only slipped on her face but also her body. Her hands changed too from old hands too new, like she was consuming her daughter to take her place.