Motif
Feeding and dismissing the souls of the dead
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A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family, within the sub-family Food, Drink, and Worship for the Dead. 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) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4265-4343 confidence: high
Old Prussians and Lithuanians invited the deceased soul to meals, ate silently without knives, left fallen morsels for lonely souls, and a priest swept the souls out.
Old Prussians and Lithuanians invite the soul of the deceased to a meal, leave food for lonely souls, and have the priest sweep the souls out afterward.
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