Motif
Attack and dread of the expelled effigy
attack_and_dread_of_the_expelled_effigy
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 6013-6097 confidence: high
The passage describes funeral, lamentation, and mourning attire for a dead vegetation spirit, alongside glee, assault with sticks and stones, taunts, curses, fear of the effigy, hurried return after discarding it, and a death omen for houses it looks into.
Some rites include assaulting the effigy with sticks and stones, taunts and curses, haste after discarding it, and a death omen attached to any house it looks into.
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