Motif
Slain animal retains agency or communicative danger
slain_animal_retains_agency_or_communicative_danger
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) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 13255-13369 confidence: medium
Indian bear-hunters cut out the bear’s little tongue, keep it for hunting luck, or burn it to determine from the crackling whether the slain bear’s soul is angry.
The bear’s soul may be angry, and Frazer suggests tongue removal may prevent slain animals from reporting their fate to living animals.
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