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>Men are just as strongly associated with magic
But women were considered to have more innate magic abilities. Mostly because their pussies were considered powerful magic tools. Also because afterlife in most animist religions is similar to regular life, except everything is in reverse. Women are stronger in afterlife than men, right handed turn left-handed broken tools are fixed in their "afterlives" and so on. Thats why lot of burial sites had gifts that were intentionally broken. Both for the belief system and to make sure grave robbers won't grab them. Also shamas in Northern Europe and all throughout Russia had the ritual of cross-dressing whenever they were consulting the dead and dancing left-to-right in a circle.

Finland and Thailand both have very similar folklore spells on how to enter the underworld:
>1) Find a tree that has been felled by lightning, in Thailand version a Pagoda that was struck by lightning.
>2) Circle it left-to-right three times while chanting spells. In Thai version you also burn incense stick.
>3) After the third round, you're now in the underworld and can see the dead and talk to them.

I recommend reading folklore history, shit's really interesting.