Motif
Removal of harmful substance from community before rain
removal_of_harmful_substance_from_community_before_rain
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
indigenous australian
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Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 3119-3222 confidence: medium
The tribe enters the water and splashes; Wirreenun goes behind each person, appears to suck the back or top of the head, draws out charcoal lumps, and spits them into the water.
Wirreenun appears to draw charcoal lumps from each participant's head and spits them into the water as part of the sequence preceding cloud gathering and rain.
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