Motif
mocking, masking, or inversion of the last harvest worker
mocking_masking_or_inversion_of_the_last_harvest_worker
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Harvest Actions, Taboos, and Responses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 8059-8121 confidence: medium
The woman who bound the last sheaf is called the Old Man until the next harvest and is mocked with the cry, “Here comes the Old Man.”
The last worker may be ridiculed, called the Old Man, dressed in opposite-gender clothes, or fitted with a black mask.
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