Motif
totemic animal taboo connected with descent or obligation
totemic_animal_taboo_connected_with_descent_or_obligation
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.
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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 7544-7600 confidence: medium
The Battas are described as exogamous clans with male-line descent; each clan is forbidden to eat a particular animal, with examples including tiger, ape, crocodile, dog, cat, dove, and white buffalo.
Batta clans are said to avoid eating particular animals, with explanations involving descent from the animals, posthumous transmigration into them, or obligations to them.
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