Motif
Pain or pungency used to expel harmful influence
pain_or_pungency_used_to_expel_harmful_influence
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) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3744-3826 confidence: medium
Among the Apalai, Crevaux was brought large black ants on palm leaves and had to sting villagers of all ages and sexes until their skin showed many small swellings.
The Apalai ant-stinging and the Amboina-Uliase pungent spice sprinkling both use painful or prickling sensation in rites connected with harmful forces or disease demons.
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