Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Charm uttered with accompanying hand gesture

charm_uttered_with_accompanying_hand_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


slavic

  • Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 7651-7798 confidence: high

    Prigovarivaya is defined as a word for uttering a charm accompanied by a gesture of the hand or finger.

    The note defines prigovarivaya as the action of uttering a charm accompanied by a hand or finger gesture.

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