Motif
Dead or departed agent mediating rain
dead_or_departed_agent_mediating_rain
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 567-645 confidence: medium
In New Caledonia, rain-makers blacken themselves, bring bones to a cave, hang the skeleton over taro leaves, and pour water over it; they suppose the departed soul makes rain from the water.
In the New Caledonian example, water is poured over a skeleton and the soul of the departed is said to transform it into rain.
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