Motif
Fire as protection from disease-demons
fire_as_protection_from_disease_demons
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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 4349-4409 confidence: medium
If the prao strands at an inhabited place, sickness is expected there; coastal people burn it because demons fly from fire.
The passage states that a stranded prao is burned because demons fly from fire.
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