V. Transvaal, Suto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2581535 |
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| Authors | C Hoffmann (0000-0002-6106-8995, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1935 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 520-522 |
| Publication date | 1935-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3180603 |
| OpenAlex | W2328990790 |
| Language | EN |
The Moloi may either be a man or a woman. It is said most Baloi are women. Because the men generally have more than one wife, it happens that those wives who are neglected by their husbands obtain magic medicine in order to kill the husband, so that the more-favoured wives lose him too. Or they procure love-philtres from witch-doctors, so that he prefers them to the other wives. And then it often occurs that they unwittingly give him something that is fatal to him. Children obtain the power of magic from their parents. This magic power is given to them in helpless babyhood by grafting magic medicine in their posterior cavity. Such a person has the power of making himself invisible, especially at night
Art · Biology · MAGIC (telescope · Physics · Power (physics · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Wife · Witch · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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