Assertion: taboo | /r/HasProperty | explained by reference
Facets:
value: to being
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: James George Frazer suggested that in ancient Israel, Egypt and Syria, the pig was originally a sacred animal, which for that reason could not be eaten or touched; the taboo survived to a time when the pig was no longer regarded as sacred, and was therefore explained by reference to its being unclean.