Comparative mythology corpus

Myth Explaining A Ritual Or Dietary Custom

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 2971-3035 high During the long struggle the kind giant tells the man to cut the sinew of the leg; the man cuts it, and the wicked giant falls and is slain. This is given as the reason the Indians do not eat the leg sinew. record