Motif
empowered ritual projectile or container
empowered_ritual_projectile_or_container
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american great lakes
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The Ritual and Significance of the Winnebago Medicine Dance D. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RITUAL 168 / B. DESCRIPTION OF THE OJIBWA MIDEWIWIN / C. DESCRIPTION OF THE MENOMINEE MIDEWIWIN / D. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RITUAL; lines 1384-1459 confidence: medium
Ojibwa, Menominee, Winnebago, and Dakota attribute shooting effects to magical power in the missile; efficacy also depends on the shaman, Medicine Dance membership, visions, and in Ojibwa-Menominee context an otter-skin bag may have the same effect.
The passage attributes efficacy to magical power inherent in the missile and also mentions an otter-skin bag that can produce the same effect apart from Midewiwin performances.
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