Motif
grain deity or corn-goddess identity
grain_deity_or_corn_goddess_identity
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Crop Spirits and Agricultural Fertility. 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. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12413-12626 confidence: medium
"On Demeter as a corn-goddess see Mannhardt..."
The passage explicitly treats Demeter and Proserpine as corn-goddess figures.
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