Motif
Boundary removal of affliction to sea, forest, shore, or outside village
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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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3705-3746 confidence: medium
On Rook, after misfortune, people gather, shout, curse, howl, and beat the air with sticks to drive Marsába from the mishap site to the sea and expel him from the island.
The Rook devil is driven to the sea; the Minahassa leave the village for huts outside it; the Halmahera offering is left in the forest; and the Key Islands rite is staged on the shore.
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