Comparative mythology corpus

Graded Reverence According To Danger Or Usefulness

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 2717-2801 high North American Indians are quoted as treating bear, buffalo, and beaver as manidos that furnish food; ceremonies beg the bear to allow itself to be eaten, and bear head and paws are objects of homage. Frazer generalizes that feared or edible animals receive ceremonious respect. record