Motif
fire used against represented demons
fire_used_against_represented_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 4270-4347 confidence: medium
The Pomos of California hold a seven-year expulsion of devils: disguised men with paint and flaming pitch vessels personify devils, come from the mountains, frighten the crowd, enter the assembly-house, and are chased back into the mountains after sham fighting.
In the Pomo example, devil-representatives wear flaming pitch vessels, and defenders swing blazing firebrands while attacking them.
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