Motif
chiefly blood creates taboo or sacred property
chiefly_blood_creates_taboo_or_sacred_property
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.
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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
Frazer explains the reluctance by reference to belief that the soul is in the blood and that places or things touched by a high chief’s blood become taboo or sacred; New Zealand canoe and house examples are given.
The passage explains the avoidance of blood on the ground by saying the soul is in the blood, and it gives examples of a canoe and house becoming taboo or sacred after contact with a high chief’s blood.
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