Comparative mythology corpus

Contact Taboo Through Touched Objects

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) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4159-4217 high Persons who touched a dead body among the Maoris are shunned and isolated; taboos on food handling and vessels are said to match those for sacred chiefs. record