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.
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comparative
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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.
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