Motif
Amulet influencing childbirth size
amulet_influencing_childbirth_size
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE SPIRIT OF THE SKIN HANGINGS / PREVENTIVE MEASURES / AMULETS / INETLIA WITH HER CHILD; lines 5534-5580 confidence: high
Women rarely have amulets, but some parents sewed a kittiwake head into daughters' clothes because the bird lays small eggs and the wearer would not bear large children.
The kittiwake lays small eggs, and wearing its head as an amulet is said to prevent women from giving birth to large children.
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