Motif
Eating earth in ritual tasting of soil
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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
nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER PAGE / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO / CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY; lines 2932-3029 confidence: high
The nitiçapoloa, or tasting of the soil, is described as raising a little earth on one finger to the mouth and eating it.
The nitiçapoloa ceremony is defined as raising a little earth to the mouth and eating it.
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