Evidence
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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| 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 1755-1830 | high | A branch is dipped in water to obtain rain from a tree-spirit; Frazer explains this as sympathetic magic and compares it with a New Caledonian skeleton-water rain rite and with European customs of drenching festival trees. | record |