Comparative mythology corpus

Dead Or Departed Agent Mediating Rain

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 567-645 medium In New Caledonia, rain-makers blacken themselves, bring bones to a cave, hang the skeleton over taro leaves, and pour water over it; they suppose the departed soul makes rain from the water. record