Motif
animal treated as kin before ritual killing
animal_treated_as_kin_before_ritual_killing
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering 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 2528-2574 confidence: high
The Goldi sometimes capture and cage a bear, feed it well, call it son and brother, parade it at a festival, kill and eat it, and suspend its skull, jaw-bones, and ears on a tree against evil spirits; eating the flesh is believed to give hunting zest and courage.
The Goldi keep the bear in a cage, feed it well, and call it their son and brother before the festival killing and eating.
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