Motif
Apotropaic fire against demons
apotropaic_fire_against_demons
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light 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 4349-4409 confidence: high
Timorlaut: pig flesh is offered to Dudilaa, who lives in the sun, with a request for communal healing; a stranded prao is feared as bringing sickness and is burned because demons fly from fire.
A stranded Timorlaut prao is burned because demons are said to fly from fire.
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