...loathed or despised attributes — such as the weakness and timidity of women — that savages fear. " An Australian black-fellow, who discovered that his wife had lain on his blanket . . . died of terror in a fortnight."4 There was something more here than fear of becoming weak and...

...sacred chief kill those who handle them, so do the things which have been touched by a menstruous woman. An Australian blackfellow, who discovered that his...wife had lain on his blanket at her menstrual period, killed her and died of terror himself within a fortnight.2 Hence Australian women at these times are...

...woman, he would be taboo "an ^ inch thick." An Australian black fellow, who discovered 1:1'I , i: . i that his wife had lain on his blanket at her menstrual period, killed her, and died of terror himself within a fortnight. In Uganda the pots which a woman touches...

...of natural powers attached themselves to a woman during the menstrual period (12: p. 448). Babbinic laws demand that "a woman during all the days of her...fortnight. (19.) Australian women at this time are forhidden on pain of death to touch anything that men use or even to walk on a path that men frequent....

...sabi or taboo, indicated by a piece of wood, bunch of grass, or the like tied to it, he would die." "An Australian black-fellow, who discovered that his...wife had lain on his blanket at her menstrual period, killed her and died of terror himself within a fortnight."47 The accidental eating of the meat of a...

...by him but along lines which neither he nor his patient understood. Now turn to the tabu question. An Australian blackfellow who discovered that his wife had lain on his blanket — a serious infringement of tabu — died of terror in a fortnight. Or take this case from New Zealand:...

...son must avoid her as a mysteriously dangerous, blood stained witch or demon. An Australian aborigine who discovered that his wife had lain on his blanket at her menstrual period, killed her and died of terror himself within a fortnight. Among the Bribri Indians of Costa Rica a...

...the polish out of a mirror, and the next person looking into it would be bewitched. An Australian man who discovered that his wife had lain on his blanket at her menstrual period, killed her, and died of terror himself within a fortnight. (Frazer: "The Golden Bough, vol. I). For...