Motif
door-to-door May procession with gifts
door_to_door_may_procession_with_gifts
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Festivals, Processions, and Public Rites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 2123-2195 confidence: medium
In Bohemia, young people throw a puppet called Death into water; girls cut a young tree, fasten to it a white-clothed woman-like puppet, and sing: “We carry Death out of the village, / We bring Summer into the village.”
Bohemian girls, English children, and Thann companions go house to house or about the community with May figures or trees and collect gratuities, pence, or gifts.
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