Motif
blood tasting to avert illness and death
blood_tasting_to_avert_illness_and_death
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature SACRED WRITINGS. / DESIGN FROM COVERLET FOR BED. / DESIGN OF PART OF A BED COVER. / KACHIN MARRIED WOMAN.; lines 8248-8295 confidence: high
Executioners customarily tasted the blood of victims, believing that otherwise illness and death would soon follow.
Executioners tasted victims' blood because they believed illness and death would follow if they did not.
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