Motif
pollution cleansed by sacred herbs and roots
pollution_cleansed_by_sacred_herbs_and_roots
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. 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 5420-5482 confidence: medium
Creek and related Indians are described as requiring menstruating women to live in separate huts away from the village; approaching them is dangerous pollution, and enemies who kill them must cleanse themselves with sacred herbs and roots.
The passage says enemies who killed menstruating women had to cleanse themselves from pollution by means of sacred herbs and roots.
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