Motif
Auspicious-day selection by specialists
auspicious_day_selection_by_specialists
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature GAMES AND WORK / WOMAN IN WORKING DRESS. / YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN. / A FUNERAL.; lines 4525-4634 confidence: high
A propitious day is required to begin building; an unlucky day is associated with builders falling from rafters, and the chief builder with village wise men discovers the lucky day.
The chief builder and village wise men determine the lucky day for beginning construction, avoiding an unlucky day associated with injury.
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