Motif
deity embodied in or represented by a tree or post
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A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center 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. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 6957-7045 confidence: high
Dionysus or Bacchus is described as god of the vine and trees; Greeks sacrificed to tree-related titles; his image could be a draped upright post with bearded mask and leafy boughs, or an effigy appearing from a low tree or bush.
Dionysus is given tree titles and described through an image made as an upright post with mask, mantle, and leafy boughs, as well as tree-stump images in orchards.
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