Motif
Eating animal flesh transmits animal nature or condition
eating_animal_flesh_transmits_animal_nature_or_condition
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI / CHAPTER XVII / CHAPTER XVIII; lines 7974-8019 confidence: medium
Simson is cited for the belief that Indians partake of the nature of animals they eat; the passage says this is professedly the case for food taboos on pregnant women.
Simson is cited for a belief that eaters partake of the animal's nature, pregnancy taboos are linked to this explanation, and larger game is said by other tribes to make eaters gross and unwieldy.
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