Motif
Ritual bodily marking as status designation
ritual_bodily_marking_as_status_designation
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Status Marking and Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6172-6223 confidence: high
Accounts of Bahra include a she-camel or sheep whose ear is slit after repeated births and who is released to pasture; variants restrict who may eat its flesh, whether its milk or riding may be used, and how its offspring are treated.
The Bahra may be designated by a slit ear, and the Sba by removal of a back bone or vertebra.
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