Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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

  • 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.

    read in the book