Comparative mythology corpus

Human Embodiment Of A God As Oracle

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 1274-1317 high The Waganda believe in a god of Lake Nyanza who may dwell in a man or woman; the incarnate god is feared, consulted as an oracle, and believed able to heal or inflict sickness, withhold rain, and cause famine, receiving presents when consulted. record