Motif
Ancestral invocation for hunting success
ancestral_invocation_for_hunting_success
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
melanesian
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The Melanesians of British New Guinea CHAPTER XXIV / MAGIC AND SORCERY. / SORCERY. / MAGIC.; lines 16300-16410 confidence: high
The expert stands before the hunters with spear in the ground, and none may pass beyond him; he recites spells appealing to male ancestors up to seven generations back to prosper the hunt, while hunters sing ori hunting songs.
The expert appeals in spells to male ancestors for up to seven generations and later states that ancestors will help the hunters catch many wallaby.
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