Motif
animal-form tree-god
animal_form_tree_god
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 920-982 confidence: medium
Dionysus is represented as goat and bull; Pan, Satyrs, Silenus, and Fauns are described with goat features, goat-skins, or half-goat form.
The passage argues that Dionysus's goat representation is part of his proper character as a tree-god and belongs within a wider pattern of vegetation beings in goat form.
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