Motif
human embodiment of a god as oracle
human_embodiment_of_a_god_as_oracle
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Oracles and Prophetic Agents. 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. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 1274-1317 confidence: high
The Waganda believe in a god of Lake Nyanza who may dwell in a man or woman; the incarnate god is feared, consulted as an oracle, and believed able to heal or inflict sickness, withhold rain, and cause famine, receiving presents when consulted.
The Waganda example describes a Lake Nyanza god who sometimes dwells in a man or woman, whose embodied form is consulted as an oracle.
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