Comparative mythology corpus

Purification By Painful Contact Or Beating

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 5315-5379 medium The Macusis girl cooks at a separate fire in her own vessel; a magician mutters charms and breathes on her and valuable contacted items; her pots and drinking vessels are broken and buried; after bathing she is beaten by her mother with rods and later is described as clean. record