Motif
Capturing the hidden harvest animal
capturing_the_hidden_harvest_animal
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. 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 179-256 confidence: high
German and Rügen customs say the Wolf sits in the last sheaf, the last binder or cutter has or is the Wolf, a woman called Wolf bites household women and receives meat, and a wolf-shaped or human-shaped sheaf may be kept or dressed.
The wolf is described as sitting, hiding, or being present in the last sheaf or last corn, and reapers say they will catch or have caught the wolf.
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