Motif
avoidance of ground, sunlight, and open air for a restricted person
avoidance_of_ground_sunlight_and_open_air_for_a_restricted_person
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10045-10211 confidence: high
Latin note says the person’s feet never touched the earth, the sun’s rays never illuminated the head, and the person did not go into open air.
The cited Japanese account says the person’s feet did not touch the ground, the head was not lit by the sun, and the person did not go into open air.
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