Motif
Cutting a soul-associated tree causes storm
cutting_a_soul_associated_tree_causes_storm
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
andamanese
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The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology CHAPTER II / CEREMONIAL CUSTOMS / CHAPTER III / RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS; lines 6784-6880 confidence: medium
Ficus laccifera trees are believed to house unborn child souls; cutting one is said in North Andaman to cause storm; aerial-root bark supplies fibre for bow-strings or ornaments, and the author suggests the ornaments may possibly have magical properties.
The passage states that cutting a Ficus laccifera tree in the North Andaman is said to cause a storm, and the same tree is described as home of unborn child souls.
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