Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| 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 |