Motif
Animal remains as medium for harmful magic
animal_remains_as_medium_for_harmful_magic
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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 13163-13253 confidence: high
Australian aborigines burned animal bones because an enemy might use the bones with charms to cause the death of the person who had eaten the animal.
One Australian explanation says animal bones are burned because an enemy could obtain them and burn them with charms to cause the death of the person who ate the animal.
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