Motif
contact taboo through touched objects
contact_taboo_through_touched_objects
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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 4159-4217 confidence: high
Persons who touched a dead body among the Maoris are shunned and isolated; taboos on food handling and vessels are said to match those for sacred chiefs.
The passage repeatedly describes garments, blankets, vessels, dishes, cups, pipes, and utensils as restricted or dangerous after contact with sacred, polluted, or liminal persons.
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