Comparative mythology corpus

Contagious Magic Through Severed Body Parts

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 442-515 high The passage states that magical sympathy is believed to exist between a person and severed parts such as hair or nails, enabling action upon that person at a distance. record