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 describes coercive rites: a Chinese paper or wooden dragon representing the rain-god is cursed and torn if rain does not come; Feloupe fetishes are dragged and cursed; Orinoco toads are beaten; killing a frog is a European rain-charm; Comanches whip a slave when spirits withhold weather. | record |