Motif
Personified wind as demon or foe
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Withheld and Restrained Divine Power. 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) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 854-921 confidence: high
In parts of Austria people throw out meal, chaff, or feathers during a storm, saying to the wind, “There, that’s for you, stop!”
The wind is addressed, coaxed, mistreated, intimidated, fired upon, or attacked as a demon or invisible enemy.
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