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In western Victoria a menstruous woman may not take anyone's food or drink, and no one will touch food that has been touched by her. Amongst the Maoris, if a man ate food cooked by a menstrous woman, he would be "tapu an inch thick."
The Persian lawgiver Zoroaster, who, if we can take his word for it, derived his code from the mouth of the supreme being Ahura Mazda, devoted special attention to the subject. According to him, the menstrous flow, at least in its abnormal manifestations, is a work of Ahriman, or the devil.
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