My attempt is to prove that magic is a tool for revealing women's objectives. Getting a good husband When setting out to work, the researcher expected to find mainly rites connected to fertility and childbirth, but there was a surprise in store for her. Women's own rites were primarily focused around pairing, the establishment and management of a relationship. The largest number of incantations and poems were related to love magic, lempi -raising, and cattle protection. There were usually more children than actually necessary, and their raising was a mere sideline.
Magic indicates that marriage was an important aim.
There were a lot of tensions connected to a relationship, and getting married was not something that could be taken for granted. It had to be manipulated and protected through magic. The community expected the woman to sit and wait for her husband. She was not allowed to make her own choices. Women, however, refused to accept this role, interfering instead by using magic.