Motif
sacred food taboo whose violation brings disease or death
sacred_food_taboo_whose_violation_brings_disease_or_death
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 1326-1372 confidence: high
A person touching a pig washes in the river with clothes on; drinking pig’s milk is believed to cause leprosy.
The passage lists multiple cases where consuming an associated sacred animal or plant is believed to cause leprosy, boils, sores, madness, illness, or death.
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