Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

new fire generated by paired specialists

new_fire_generated_by_paired_specialists

A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Kindling, Rekindling, and New-Fire Making. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


comparative

  • The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 5858-5932 confidence: medium

    In the Surenthal and Winenthal, two young men who must be brothers or share baptismal name and age rotate a pole in prepared door-post holes until smoke and sparks appear; the sparks become the new pure fire and are greeted with joy.

    Two young men meeting relationship or naming conditions produce new pure fire by rotating a pole until sparks appear.

    read in the book