Motif
avoidance of the names of the dead
avoidance_of_the_names_of_the_dead
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
melanesian
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The Melanesians of British New Guinea CHAPTER XLII / CHAPTER XLIII / CHAPTER XLV / CHAPTER XLVI; lines 606-622 confidence: high
Chapter XLVI headings list death and burial, mourning, mourning feasts, present-day burial, avoidance of the names of the dead, destruction of houses of the dead, Toreha, Wapa Ceremony, and Dabadabagigira, associated with Wagawaga, Tubetube, and Bartle Bay.
The passage explicitly lists avoidance of the names of the dead at Wagawaga and Tubetube.
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