Motif
drinking blood for inspiration
drinking_blood_for_inspiration
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Inspired Speech and Eloquence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 11095-11261 confidence: medium
The blood may be drunk by them as a medium of inspiration.
The only explicit ritual or symbolic action in the excerpt is the statement that blood may be drunk as a medium of inspiration.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 11095-11261 confidence: low
“The blood may be drunk by them as a medium of inspiration.”
The only explicit motif-like content in the passage is the note that blood may be drunk as a medium of inspiration.
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