Motif
animal-skin festival disguise and licensed excess
animal_skin_festival_disguise_and_licensed_excess
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE WINDS. / PAN (FAUNUS). / FAUNUS. / THE SATYRS.; lines 5600-5633 confidence: medium
In rural districts, shepherds and peasants at Dionysian festivals dress in skins of goats and other animals and perform playful tricks and excesses; some authorities attribute the conception of Satyrs to this custom.
Rural worshippers at Dionysian festivals wear goat and other animal skins and engage in playful tricks and excesses under disguise.
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