Motif
Blood must not fall on the ground
blood_must_not_fall_on_the_ground
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4380-4462 confidence: high
“It is a common rule that royal blood must not be shed upon the ground”; the Siamese king is killed in an iron caldron so divine blood is not mixed with earth.
The passage repeatedly states that royal, human, or animal blood is kept from the ground by special execution, ritual, healing, childbirth, and slaughter practices.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12961-13082 confidence: high
Beaver blood must not be allowed to fall on the ground, or hunting luck would be lost; Frazer compares a rule about not allowing the blood of kings to fall on the ground.
Beaver blood is not allowed to fall on the ground lest hunting luck be lost, and the rule is compared with royal blood restrictions.
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