Motif
calling ancestors by name during pig-driving
calling_ancestors_by_name_during_pig_driving
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead 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 XVI / OMENS. / ESCHATOLOGY. / CULT OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.; lines 11361-11409 confidence: medium
A note says similar practices occur among the Sinaugolo; they call ancestors by name while driving pig, and at Kwalimarupu cooked food is taken to gardens and left for spirits of the dead, especially before a journey.
The Sinaugolo are reported to call upon their ancestors by name while driving pig.
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