Motif
burning or disposal of anthropomorphic effigy at midsummer
burning_or_disposal_of_anthropomorphic_effigy_at_midsummer
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Festivals, Processions, and Public Rites. 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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6015-6078 confidence: high
At Rottenburg, a straw-wrapped stump shaped as a human figure called the angel-man is covered with flowers, burned, attacked by boys with swords, cut in pieces, and followed by leaping over the fire.
The passage explicitly states that burning human effigies in midsummer fires was not uncommon and lists examples including the angel-man, a straw-man, straw figures, a puppet, and Kupalo.
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