Death Grip

A death grip is done when someone has a fear of dying and getting stuck in the underworld. The belief is that if someone takes a pure soul with them when they die, they can trade their way into eternal afterlife. To release someone who has been grabbed, all that needs to be done to free them is to cut off the hand of the person performing the grip. The death grip is usually performed before someone is dead, but it is possible for the grip to still happen after someone dies. The victim of a death grip goes into a trance where they are being pulled towards a portal to the underworld.

History
The death grip was first documented in the sixth dynasty by Egyptian [{Wesen]] under the reign of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II.