Motif
corn-spirit embodied in harvest animal
corn_spirit_embodied_in_harvest_animal
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Crop Spirits and Agricultural Fertility. 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 258-329 confidence: high
The passage introduces the corn-spirit as taking cock form; children are warned about the Corn-cock in Austria, North German reapers say the cock sits in the last sheaf and chase or catch it, and Transylvanian reapers cry that they will catch the cock in the last patch.
The passage repeatedly associates the cock with the corn-spirit and the last sheaf or last standing crop.
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