Although most sociologists and anthropologists have some familiarity with that
portion of Freud (1918) that deals with the incest taboo and totemism, his discussion
of pollution rules there has generally been overlooked. I test here three hypotheses
with data from the Standard Cross Cultural Sample: one is derived from Freud
(1918); a second from Stephens (1962); and a third from Douglas (1966). Only
Freud's hypothesis is supported.
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