Motif
Cheek-held or inhaled substance producing endurance or bodily alteration
cheek_held_or_inhaled_substance_producing_endurance_or_bodily_alteration
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER VII / CHAPTER VIII / CHAPTER IX / CHAPTER X; lines 4829-4909 confidence: high
Coca powder is shot into the cheek with a folded leaf, forms a hard wad, is absorbed with saliva rather than swallowed, and is described as permitting days without sleep, food, or drink.
Coca is placed in the cheek and described as allowing endurance without sleep, food, or drink; parica/niopo is inhaled and described as a strong narcotic similar to coca.
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