Motif
communal illness transferred to a scapegoat and expelled
communal_illness_transferred_to_a_scapegoat_and_expelled
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 4411-4468 confidence: high
A general statement says that the vehicle carrying away collected demons or ills of a whole community is often an animal or scapegoat.
Across the passage, disease or noxious influence is attached to an animal or human bearer that is driven away from the settlement.
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