Note 197 — Chapter III · SYMPATHETIC MAGIC

W. H. R. Rivers, The Todas (London, 1906), p. 458. Among the Kusavans or potters of Southern India “if a male or female recovers from cholera, small-pox, or other severe illness, a figure of the corresponding sex is offered. A childless woman makes a vow to offer up the figure of a baby, if she brings forth offspring. Figures of animals—cattle, sheep, horses, etc.—are offered at the temple when they recover from sickness, or are recovered after they have been stolen” (E. Thurston, Castes and Tribes of Southern India, iv. 192; id., Ethnographic Notes in Southern India, p. 349). The analogy of these offerings to the various votive figures found in the sanctuary of Diana at Nemi is obvious.