Motif
Delayed cutting of girls' nails with consequence explanation
delayed_cutting_of_girls_nails_with_consequence_explanation
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10942-11093 confidence: high
The note says the reason alleged by the Indians was that if girls' nails were cut sooner they would be lazy and unable to embroider in porcupine quill-work, and adds that this is probably a late invention like European reasons for a similar custom, commonly that the child would become a thief.
The note reports that cutting girls' nails sooner was said to cause laziness and inability to embroider in porcupine quill-work.
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