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Re:A deceptive curing practice in hunter–Gatherer societies by worthless-trash on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:07AM (#32547908)
Wait till you hear about the deceptive process of "Kurdaitcha" in the aboriginal communities. I imagine there was similar behavior across most hunter-gather societies.
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Re:A deceptive curing practice in hunter–Gatherer societies by smegsicle on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:14AM (#32548307)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdaitcha

> All deaths are considered to be the result of evil spirits or spells, usually influenced by an enemy.

wonder if that has something to do with the sleeping on the road thing

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Re:A deceptive curing practice in hunter–Gatherer societies by cainxinth on Monday August 22, 2022 @08:26AM (#32550366)
Psychosomatic death is an actual thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_death
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