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Updated: June 6, 2025
The black garments and the black food have the same significance; no one will doubt that they refer to the rain-clouds when he remembers that a black victim is sacrificed to procure rain; 'it is black, for such is the nature of rain. In respect of another rain-charm it is said plainly, 'He puts on a black garment edged with black, for such is the nature of rain. We may therefore assume that here in the circle of ideas and ordinances of the Vedic schools there have been preserved magical practices of the most remote antiquity, which were intended to prepare the rain-maker for his office and dedicate him to it."
We have seen that some Indians of the Orinoco beat frogs for the express purpose of producing rain, and that killing a frog is a European rain-charm. Often the spirit of vegetation in spring is represented by a queen instead of a king. During the procession, which is conducted with great solemnity, none of the girls may stand still, but must keep whirling round continually and singing.
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