Motif
Contagious ritual uncleanness attached to persons, objects, houses, and places
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14274-14368 confidence: high
Costa Rican Indians are reported to distinguish nya from the more virulent bu-ku-rú; bu-ku-rú is associated with first pregnancy, disused objects, houses, unvisited places, Pico Blanco, and dusty blow-guns, and is removed from objects or houses by beating them with a stick.
Bu-ku-rú is described as capable of infecting people, causing sickness or death, and attaching to disused objects, houses, and unvisited places.
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