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  • This the Mura-muras see, and at once they cause clouds to appear in the sky.

    Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922

  • Two wizards, supposed to have received a special inspiration from the Mura-muras, are bled by an old and influential man with a sharp flint; and the blood, drawn from their arms below the elbow, is made to flow on the other men of the tribe, who sit huddled together in the hut.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • Two wizards, supposed to have received a special inspiration from the Mura-muras, are bled by an old and influential man with a sharp flint; and the blood, drawn from their arms below the elbow, is made to flow on the other men of the tribe, who sit huddled together in the hut.

    Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922

  • In time of severe drought the Dieri of Central Australia, loudly lamenting the impoverished state of the country and their own half-starved condition, call upon the spirits of their remote predecessors, whom they call Mura-muras, to grant them power to make a heavy rain-fall.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • For they believe that the clouds are bodies in which rain is generated by their own ceremonies or those of neighbouring tribes, through the influence of the Mura-muras.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • For they believe that the clouds are bodies in which rain is generated by their own ceremonies or those of neighbouring tribes, through the influence of the Mura-muras.

    Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922

  • In time of severe drought the Dieri of Central Australia, loudly lamenting the impoverished state of the country and their own half-starved condition, call upon the spirits of their remote predecessors, whom they call Mura-muras, to grant them power to make a heavy rain-fall.

    Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922

  • This the Mura-muras see, and at once they cause clouds to appear in the sky.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • Two wizards, supposed to have received a special inspiration from the Mura-muras, are bled by an old and influential man with a sharp flint; and the blood, drawn from their arms below the elbow, is made to flow on the other men of the tribe, who sit huddled together in the hut.

    The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

  • In time of severe drought the Dieri of Central Australia, loudly lamenting the impoverished state of the country and their own half-starved condition, call upon the spirits of their remote predecessors, whom they call Mura-muras, to grant them power to make

    The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

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