Motif
Animal part as sacred food, luck object, divinatory object, or token
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Animal Helpers and Sacred Animal Parts. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 13255-13369 confidence: high
Hunters commonly cut out the tongues of killed animals; Omaha hunters remove a slain buffalo’s tongue through the throat, treat the tongues as sacred, keep them from tools or metal except in kettles, and eat them as sacred food.
Buffalo tongues are eaten as sacred food, the bear’s little tongue is kept for luck or burned for a sign, and the wild beast’s tongue is preserved as a token.
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