Pollute

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…[T]he spell, the mana, the potency, the power, of a charm is sometimes deliberately broken by touching the object with something ‘hateful’ to it, i. e. what we call ‘a taboo’.

• Source: Rattray, R. S. Religion and art in Ashanti. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927.
• Culture: Akan
• Location: Africa