Motif
Fire purification at thresholds of encounter
fire_purification_at_thresholds_of_encounter
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Purifying, Protective, and Boundary Fires. 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) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3827-3890 confidence: medium
In Afghanistan and parts of Persia, travellers may be received before village entry with sacrifices of animal life or food, fire and incense, or lighted embers thrown under a horse’s hoofs with words of welcome.
Fire, incense, embers, burning sticks, and torches appear in rites of greeting travellers, purifying air before entry, and marking the space between armies.
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