Motif
love-divination through garlands and fire
love_divination_through_garlands_and_fire
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family, within the sub-family Divination Methods and Implements. 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) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 2065-2121 confidence: high
Bohemian young people throw burning besoms, run with them, look through garlands and fire to test future love and marriage, throw garlands three times across the smouldering fire, join hands, and leap three times across glowing embers.
Young men and sweethearts look at each other through garlands and through fire to see whether they will be true lovers and marry, exchange garlands, and leap across embers.
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