Motif
iron taboo in sacred persons, rites, and structures
iron_taboo_in_sacred_persons_rites_and_structures
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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 I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4219-4263 confidence: high
In Corea no one may touch the king; his touch makes a subject's touched spot sacred and requires a lifelong visible mark, and iron may not touch the king's body.
The passage repeatedly describes iron excluded from royal bodies, priestly grooming, sacrifices, sacred groves, ritual tools, consultations, fire-making, temples, altars, bridges, and buildings.
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