Comparative mythology corpus

Black Animal Or Black Smoke As Cloud Making Charm

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Comparative The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 648-703 high Frazer gives animal-based rain charms involving a black sheep, black cat, black smoke from an ox stomach, a black pig sacrificed for rain, and a black goat offered on a high mountain; he states that blackness is part of the charm because it darkens the sky with rain-clouds. record