Zig zag band, July 2013
"The Huichol Indians admire the beautiful markings on the backs of serpents. Hence when a Huichol woman is about to weave or embroider, her husband catches a large serpent and holds it in a cleft stick, while the woman strokes the reptile with one hand down the whole length of its back; then she passes the same hand over her forehead and eyes, that she may be able to work as beautiful patterns in the web as the markings on the back of the serpent."
from:
Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). The Golden Bough. 1922. - § 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic.
Zig zag band, July 2013
"The Huichol Indians admire the beautiful markings on the backs of serpents. Hence when a Huichol woman is about to weave or embroider, her husband catches a large serpent and holds it in a cleft stick, while the woman strokes the reptile with one hand down the whole length of its back; then she passes the same hand over her forehead and eyes, that she may be able to work as beautiful patterns in the web as the markings on the back of the serpent."
from:
Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). The Golden Bough. 1922. - § 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic.