Motif
counter-image used as antidote or guarantee
counter_image_used_as_antidote_or_guarantee
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3686-3742 confidence: medium
The Mandans are said to have feared dying if another held their portrait and wanted the artist's picture as an antidote or guarantee.
The Mandans are said to wish for the artist's picture as a kind of antidote or guarantee against the danger of another holding their portrait.
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