Motif
offerings of food and drink to the corpse
offerings_of_food_and_drink_to_the_corpse
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
malagasy
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Madagascar Before the Conquest: The Island, the Country, and the People ARRANGEMENT OF COLUMN'S IN THE SIKIDY DIVINATION. / DIVINATION AMONG THE MALAGASY. / CHAPTER XIV. / FUNERAL CEREMONIES AMONG THE MALAGASY.'; lines 12953-13066 confidence: high
During the delay, many native tribes offer food and drink to the corpse; the passage says the practice aims to avoid burying corruptible, impure matter with the bones.
The passage states that many native tribes offer food and drink to the corpse during the period before burial.
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