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Wikipedia, "Rain Dance"
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A community-maintained tertiary reference on cross-cultural rainmaking ritual, directly examined. Its strength is naming specific documented practices across widely separated cultures, Zuni, Chinese, San, Roman and Tunisian, with enough particularity to check further; its limit is a Wikipedia community article rather than a comparative-religion monograph, which is why it sits at reliability tier three.
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Wikipedia's article on rainmaking rituals, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the Zuni rain dance, the Chinese wu shamans' fire dance, San trance practice and the eland rain-animal, the Roman aquaelicium ceremony, and the near-extinct Tunisian Omek Tannou ritual. NotesWikipedia's article on rainmaking rituals, consulted 2026-08-13. Useful here for the Zuni rain dance, the Chinese wu shamans' fire dance, San trance practice and the eland rain-animal, the Roman aquaelicium ceremony, and the near-extinct Tunisian Omek Tannou ritual.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_dance
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Doctrines, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
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