Motif
Eating or applying body parts to acquire qualities
eating_or_applying_body_parts_to_acquire_qualities
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
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 2138-2205 confidence: high
Examples from the Kamilaroi, Australian blacks, Italones, and Efugaos describe eating or drinking heart, liver, blood, head, entrails, caul-fat, or brains to acquire courage or the owner’s qualities.
Multiple examples are presented in which body parts or fluids of brave men, enemies, chiefs, or criminals are consumed or applied to transfer courage, strength, skill, good fortune, soul, or divinity.
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