Motif
spirit-agent illness and ritual extraction cure
spirit_agent_illness_and_ritual_extraction_cure
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Loss as Illness and Therapeutic Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER V / MORE ABOUT THE MEDICINE MEN AND LEECHCRAFT / CHAPTER VI / OUR WITCH WOMAN; lines 2342-2460 confidence: high
The passage states that disturbing a shadow hurts the original; invisible spirit-bees in the Minggah resent insults to the tree or its shadow, entered Adelaide, put wax on her liver, and left bites on her back.
Spirit-bees are said to enter the patient and deposit wax on her liver; the cure involves Guadgee removing the wax while the patient sleeps and Bootha performing an incantatory wrist action.
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