Hain Spirit Shoort

Domains

• underworld and initiation

Powers

• erupts from the ground to terrorise the women and test initiates

Relations

• spouse: Underworld HagShoort is the husband of the man-eating underworld hag Xalpen; the pair are the two spirits who never fail to appear in the Hain.Chapman, Anne. Drama and Power in a Hunting Society (1982) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Chapman, Anne. Drama and Power in a Hunting Society: The Selk'nam of Tierra del Fuego (1982): Shoort, the chief Hain spirit, husband of Xalpen (secondary); Gusinde, Martin. Die Feuerland-Indianer, Band I: Die Selk'nam (1931): the masked Hain spirits Soorte and Xalpen (secondary)