Motif
immanent spirit becoming external deity
immanent_spirit_becoming_external_deity
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. 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) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7898-7979 confidence: medium
The passage contrasts customs in which a sheaf is named, clothed, and revered as the corn-spirit with customs in which the corn-spirit makes corn grow or blights it from outside.
The passage describes an older immanent corn-spirit conception and a later external deity conception, with anthropomorphism as the transition process.
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