Motif
Blessing conveyed by ritual gesture
blessing_conveyed_by_ritual_gesture
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american great lakes
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The Ritual and Significance of the Winnebago Medicine Dance BY PAUL RADIN / CONTENTS / A. DESCRIPTION OF THE RITUAL OF THE WINNEBAGO MEDICINE DANCE 149 / D. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RITUAL 168; lines 456-551 confidence: high
Blessing is performed with an outstretched palm-down hand moved horizontally; it is used on entering, leaving, or passing, and recipients answer and bow.
The passage explicitly states that blessing is conveyed by the hand action itself, not by words, with recipients responding ritually.
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