Motif
annual expulsion of evil from the community
annual_expulsion_of_evil_from_the_community
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 3973-4040 confidence: high
Guinea towns annually banish the devil; at Axim an eight-day feast allows lampooning, then the devil is hunted and pelted out of town, and women wash vessels to remove uncleanness and the devil.
The passage repeatedly describes communities annually or seasonally driving away the devil, the old year’s evils, or an evil spirit.
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