Motif
animal remains as instruments of magical power
animal_remains_as_instruments_of_magical_power
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
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER XI / CHAPTER XII / CHAPTER XIII / CHAPTER XIV; lines 6099-6179 confidence: high
Condor claws are said to play a great part in magic-working among northern tribes; the narrator obtained dried feet but could not learn their supposed function.
Condor claws, anaconda skin, and dried lizard or snake skins are described as objects used or kept by medicine-men for magic-working.
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