 ... to confer fertility on women and to help in the process of parturition. They are, therefore, worn on girdles by maidens, presented to them as bridal offerings, and used by sterile or pregnant women to attain these respective benefits. They are also...  Bulletin - Sida 1291934Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Wilfrid Jackson - 1917 - 280 sidor
...impelled men to search for them far and wide and often at great peril. The 'cowry is widely believed to confer fertility on women and to help in the process...They were probably the earliest form of currency. Many of these attributes of the cowry were also transferred to the snail shell. Like the cowry it also... | |
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