Motif
Personified tools or objects
personified_tools_or_objects
A motif of the Sacred Craft and Divinely Aided Construction family, within the sub-family Personified Craft Materials and Tools. 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. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12961-13082 confidence: high
The passage says nets are regarded by Indians as living creatures that think, feel, eat, speak, and marry wives.
Nets are said to be living creatures with mental, bodily, verbal, and marital capacities.
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