Motif
Crippled harvest being caused by cutting the corn
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A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Harvest Actions, Taboos, and Responses. 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 372-444 confidence: medium
The passage says the corn-spirit was probably represented as lame because it had been crippled by the cutting of the corn, and refers to an old woman bearing the last sheaf who must limp on one foot.
The Cripple Goat sheaf is interpreted as representing a corn-spirit made lame by the cutting of the corn, with comparison to a limping bearer of the last sheaf.
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