Magic in the house of rain: Cognitive bases of UFO ‘observations’ in the Southwest desert
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Magic in the house of rain: Cognitive bases of UFO ‘observations’ in the Southwest desert
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Certain peoples of the American Southwest plant turkey feathers in their fields, mystically intended to attract rain. Farther south, the wild turkey represents the rain god Tlaloc, whose dwelling beneath the vast American deserts is still, in places, believed to be blessed with abundant water. The dwelling place of Tlaloc is the House of Rain (Childs 2006), and the desert is its roof.
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Sharps, M. J., Nagra, S., Hurd, S., & Humphrey, A. (2020). Magic in the house of rain: Cognitive bases of UFO ‘observations’ in the Southwest desert. Skeptical Inquirer, 44(5), 46–49.
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“Magic in the house of rain: Cognitive bases of UFO ‘observations’ in the Southwest desert,” Outstanding Faculty Publications, accessed May 7, 2024, https://facpub.library.fresnostate.edu/items/show/189.