Motif
imitative sympathetic magic
imitative_sympathetic_magic
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 442-515 confidence: high
Frazer defines a principle of sympathetic magic: an effect may be produced by imitating it; one example is making and destroying an image of a person to harm or kill that person.
The passage explicitly states that an effect may be produced by imitating it and supplies several examples.
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