Motif
Apotropaic removal of death and disease from village or house
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 5554-5653 confidence: high
The passage reports beliefs that no one will die within the year in the house from which Death has been carried, and that a village from which Death has been driven may be protected from sickness and plague.
The passage reports beliefs that a house or village from which Death has been carried out will avoid death, sickness, plague, or infectious disease for the year.
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