Comparative mythology corpus

Fertility Power Localized In An Animal Body Part

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Comparative The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 85-177 medium Near Feilenhof in East Prussia, peasants judged a wolf in a field by its tail: a dragged tail led them to thank and feed it for bringing blessing, while a high tail led them to curse and try to kill it; the passage says the wolf is the corn-spirit and its fertilizing power is in the tail. record